Post-operative intensive care unit admission after elective non-cardiac surgery: A single-center analysis of the NSQIP database.
Melanio BrucetaLuisa De SouzaZyad J CarrAnthony S BonaviaAllen R KunselmanKunal KaramchandaniPublished in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2019)
Admission to the ICU after elective non-cardiac surgery is common. Our analysis of the ACS NSQIP® database identified elevated BMI, longer duration of surgery and disseminated cancer as predictors of post-operative ICU admissions in patients undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery.
Keyphrases
- cardiac surgery
- patients undergoing
- intensive care unit
- acute kidney injury
- mechanical ventilation
- quality improvement
- emergency department
- minimally invasive
- papillary thyroid
- acute coronary syndrome
- body mass index
- coronary artery bypass
- adverse drug
- weight gain
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery disease
- squamous cell
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- weight loss