Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Identifying High-Risk Patients for Severe Pulmonary Complications after Cardiosurgical Procedures as a Target Group for Further Assessment of Lung-Protective Strategies
Study context
- Population
- Consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery on CPB with subsequent treatment at a dedicated cardiosurgical ICU of a university hospital, January 2019 to March 2021
- Participants
- 2,572 patients
- Exposure
- Patients with vs without severe pulmonary complications
- Pneumonia/ARDSn = 84
- Outcome
- Severe pulmonary complications (pneumonia/ARDS) and screening model
Methodological detailssingle-centre, consecutive patients, screening model development
- Single-centre
- Consecutive patients
- Screening model development
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Pneumonia/ARDS
3.3%
84
- Optimal cutoff for predicted risk
- 2.5%
- Model AUC (ROC)
- 0.82
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Longer ventilatory support
Reintubation
In-hospital mortality
30-day mortality
ICU LOS
Hospital stay
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Original publication
Identifying High-Risk Patients for Severe Pulmonary Complications after Cardiosurgical Procedures as a Target Group for Further Assessment of Lung-Protective Strategies. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 25 November 2023. doi:10.
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