The critically ill patient after hepatobiliary surgery Journal Article
| Authors: | Povoski, S. P.; Downey, R. J.; Dudrick, P. S.; Fong, Y.; Jarnagin, W. R.; Groeger, J. S.; Blumgart, L. H. |
| Article Title: | The critically ill patient after hepatobiliary surgery |
| Abstract: | Background: We analyzed the causes and results of utilization of critical care services in the special care unit in patients after surgical procedures performed by the hepatobiliary surgical service during a 23-month period. Results: Thirty-two of 537 patients (6.0%) required postoperative admission to the special care unit. Twenty-one patients were admitted directly from operating room or from recovery room because of inability to wean from ventilator (n=10), hypovolemic shock (n=4), myocardial ischemia or infarction (n=2), sepsis (n=2), upper gastrointestinal bleeding (n=2), and acute renal failure (n=1). Eleven postoperative patients were admitted from floor care for respiratory failure (n=4), cardiac dysrhythmia or infarction (n=4), sepsis (n= 2), and upper gastrointestinal bleeding (n=1). Thirty-eight per cent of patients (n=12) admitted to the special care unit after surgery died. By multivariate analysis, total postoperative stay in the special care unit that was greater than median total duration of stay of 4.5 days was the only independent predictor of mortality (P= 0.041). Conclusions: Respiratory failure was the predominant component of all complications after hepatobiliary surgery. No clinically useful predictors of eventual outcome could be identified. |
| Keywords: | adult; clinical article; aged; mortality; postoperative care; morbidity; intensive care; health care utilization; hospitalization; liver surgery; biliary tract surgery; critical care; respiratory failure; critical illness; pancreatic surgery; human; male; female; priority journal; article; hepatobiliary surgery |
| Journal Title: | Critical Care |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 1466-609X |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. |
| Date Published: | 1999-10-13 |
| Start Page: | 139 |
| End Page: | 144 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1186/cc367 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC29029 |
| PUBMED: | 11056738 |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 16 August 2016 -- Source: Scopus |
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