Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients' Risk Factors for Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Abdominal Surgery
10.7739/jkafn.2019.26.1.32
- Author:
Soon Yeo JOO
1
;
Hee Seung KIM
Author Information
1. Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Postoperative complications;
Risk factors;
General surgery;
Intensive care units
- MeSH:
Blood Transfusion;
Critical Care;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Humans;
Intensive Care Units;
Logistic Models;
Medical Records;
Nitrogen;
Nursing;
Nursing Records;
Observational Study;
Postoperative Complications;
Retrospective Studies;
Risk Factors;
Urea
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2019;26(1):32-41
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after upper or lower abdominal digestive tract surgery. METHODS: Participants in this retrospective observational study had undergone upper or lower digestive tract surgery and entered the surgical intensive care unit between March 1, 2016 and February 28, 2017. Data were collected from the medical records, operative records, results of laboratory test, and the nursing records of the hospitals.
