Adverse Outcomes and Prediction of Cardiopulmonary Complications in Elective Spine Surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to report incidence of cardiopulmonary complications in elective spine surgery, demographic and surgical predictors, and outcomes. Understanding the risks and predictors of these sentinel events is important for risk evaluation, allocation of hospital resources, and counseling patients.

Methods

A retrospective review of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) was performed on 60 964 patients undergoing elective spine surgery (any region; laminectomy, arthrodesis, discectomy, or laminoplasty) between 2011 and 2013. Incidence of myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, unplanned reintubation, on ventilator >48 hours, perioperative pneumonia, and pulmonary embolism was measu

SUBMITTER: Passias PG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5958483 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature