Open AccessPerioperative risk factors for pulmonary complications after non-cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Surbhi Gupta,
Roshan Joseph Fernandes,
Joseph Sushil Rao,
Radhika Dhanpal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/joacp.joacp_54_19
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , incidence (geometry) , odds ratio , cardiac surgery , observational study , surgery , risk factor , multivariate analysis , physics , optics
Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) lead to increased morbidity, mortality, length of hospital stay, and cost to the patient. This study was conducted to determine the risk factors and assess the incidence of PPC after non-cardiac surgery.