The prevalence of pulmonary complications after thoracic and abdominal surgery and associated risk factors in patients admitted at a government hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe-a retrospective study.
Catherine TadyanemhanduRufaro MukombachotoClement NhunzviFarayi KasekeVasco ChikwashaSamson ChengetanaiShamila ManiePublished in: Perioperative medicine (London, England) (2017)
PPCs like nosocomial and ventilator associated pneumonia were common and were associated with increased morbidity and adversely affected clinical outcomes of patients. HIV and hypertension presented significant comorbidities which the health team needed to recognize and address. Strategies to reduce the occurrence of PPCs have to be implemented through coordinated efforts by the health practitioners as a team during the entire perioperative period.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- palliative care
- mental health
- blood pressure
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- health information
- hiv testing
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- antiretroviral therapy
- human immunodeficiency virus
- risk factors
- hepatitis c virus
- pulmonary hypertension
- cardiac surgery
- hiv positive
- spinal cord
- patients undergoing
- emergency department
- human health
- health promotion
- escherichia coli
- intensive care unit
- patient reported outcomes
- men who have sex with men
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- multidrug resistant
- acinetobacter baumannii
- mechanical ventilation