Abstract
Objective: To identify preoperative factors associated with an increased risk of postoperative pneumonia and subsequently develop and validate a risk calculator. Patients and Methods: The American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, a multicenter, prospective data set (2007-2008) was used. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. The 2007 data set (N=211,410) served as the training set, and the 2008 data set (N=257,385) served as the validation set. Results: In the training set, 3825 patients (1.8%) experienced postoperative pneumonia. Patients who experienced postoperative pneumonia had a significantly higher 30-day mortality (17.0% vs 1.5%; P
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1241-1249 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Mayo Clinic Proceedings |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Medicine(all)