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The Rate of Postoperative Mortality and Renal and Respiratory Complications are Increased in Patients with Extreme Obesity Undergoing Cardiac Surgery - A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study of 8848 Patients.

Jerzy PacholewiczEwelina KuligowskaAleksandra SzylińskaPaweł WalerowiczAndrzej BiskupskiPiotr SielickiKatarzyna KotfisMariusz Listewnik
Published in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2023)
The risk of postoperative acute respiratory failure and acute renal injury was increased in patients with BMI≥40. The probability of 30-day survival of patients after cardiac surgery was much lower in people with extreme obesity, although it was related to the dominant comorbidities. The 10-year survival was comparable in both groups.
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