Postoperative care in ICU versus non-ICU after head and neck free-flap surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mubarak Ahmed MashrahTaghrid AldhohrahAhmed AbdelrehemBahia SabriHyat AhmedNatheer H Al-RawiTian YuShiyong ZhaoLiping WangLinhu GePublished in: BMJ open (2022)
This meta-analysis showed that an immediate postoperative nursing in the ICU after head and neck microvascular reconstructive surgery did not reduce the incidence of flap failure or complications rate. Limiting the routine ICU admission to the carefully selected patients may result in a reduction in the incidence of postoperative pneumonia, sepsis, LOS and total hospital charge.
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- risk factors
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- chronic kidney disease
- emergency department
- newly diagnosed
- quality improvement
- prognostic factors
- palliative care
- surgical site infection
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
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