ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2021
Risk factors for postoperative pneumonia after cardiac surgery: a prediction model.
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- Interhospital variability in 180-day infections following cardiac surgery.The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2025Article
- Development and validation of a risk prediction model for postoperative pneumonia in elderly non-cardiac surgery patients: a retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Combined pathogenic characteristics to analyze susceptibility factors of postoperative pneumonia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Article
- Beyond immunosuppression: decoding systemic immune dysregulation in ICU-acquired pneumonia.The European respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Overlap and correlation of reperfusion lung injury with postoperative pneumonia following pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: incidence, characteristics, and outcomes in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundPostoperative pneumonia is the main infectious complication following cardiac surgery and is associated with significant increases in morbidity, mortality and health care costs. The aim of this study was to identify potential risk factors related to the occurrence of postoperative pneumonia in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery and to develop a predictive system.
methodsAdult patients who underwent open heart surgery in our institution between 2016 and 2019 were enrolled in this study. Preoperative and intraoperative variables were collected and analyzed. A multivariate prediction model for evaluating the risk of postoperative pneumonia was established using logistic regression analysis via forward stepwise selection, and points were assigned to significant risk factors based on their regression coefficient values.
resultsPostoperative pneumonia occurred in 530 of the 5,323 patients (9.96%). Prolonged stays in the postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital, as well as higher mortality (25.66% versus 0.65%), were observed in patients with postoperative pneumonia. Multivariate analysis identified 13 independent risk factors including patient demographics, comorbidities, cardiac function, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) duration, and blood transfusion. The prediction model showed good discrimination (C-statistic: 0.80) and was well calibrated (Hosmer-Lemeshow χ
conclusionsWe derived and validated a prediction model for postoperative pneumonia after cardiac surgery incorporating 13 easily discernible risk factors. The scoring system may be helpful for individualized risk estimations and clinical decision-making.
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