S Pappachen1, P R Smith, S Shah, V Brito, F Bader, B Khoury. 1. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Investigate the frequency of, and risks for postoperative pulmonary complications after surgery for non-malignant gynecologic disorders. METHOD: A retrospective component included medical record data for one year. A prospective component enrolled 300 patients consecutively who were scheduled for gynecologic surgeries. RESULT: Postoperative pulmonary complications occurred in 1.22% of 328 open abdominal procedures in the retrospective study, and 2.16% of 232 in the prospective study. Pooling the data yielded a frequency estimate of 1.61%. Mean hospital length of stay (pooled data) increased 1.75 days in those with postoperative pulmonary complications. Smoking was the only significant risk factor (relative risk=3.9 using pooled data). CONCLUSION: Postoperative pulmonary complications after surgery for non-malignant gynecologic disorders are infrequent but increase hospital length of stay. Smokers are at increased risk.
OBJECTIVE: Investigate the frequency of, and risks for postoperative pulmonary complications after surgery for non-malignant gynecologic disorders. METHOD: A retrospective component included medical record data for one year. A prospective component enrolled 300 patients consecutively who were scheduled for gynecologic surgeries. RESULT: Postoperative pulmonary complications occurred in 1.22% of 328 open abdominal procedures in the retrospective study, and 2.16% of 232 in the prospective study. Pooling the data yielded a frequency estimate of 1.61%. Mean hospital length of stay (pooled data) increased 1.75 days in those with postoperative pulmonary complications. Smoking was the only significant risk factor (relative risk=3.9 using pooled data). CONCLUSION:Postoperative pulmonary complications after surgery for non-malignant gynecologic disorders are infrequent but increase hospital length of stay. Smokers are at increased risk.
Authors: Jensen N Galvis; Maria V Vargas; Hannah N Robinson; Paul Tyan; Alex Gu; Chapman Wei; Nikhila Janakiram; Gaby Moawad Journal: JSLS Date: 2019 Jan-Mar Impact factor: 2.172