Research Article
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Surgical Patients with Intensive Care Unit Lengths of Stay of 90 Days and Greater
Table 2
Postoperative complications of surgical patients.
| Number of patients | 19 | Surgical procedures | | Need of reoperation (%) | 19 (100%) | Median number of reoperations | 11 (1–41) | Type of surgical complications | | GI-perforation | 11 | Anastomotic Leak | 10 | Surgical site infection | 6 | GI ischemia | 5 | Bleeding | 4 | Infectious complications (%) | | Abdominal Sepsis | 19 (100) | Pulmonary Sepsis | 13 (68) | Kidney failure (%) | | Acute renal failure | 10 (52,6) | Need of dialysis | 7 (36,8) | Respiratory failure | | Need for mechanical ventilation (%) | 17 (89) | Median time of mechanical ventilation (hours) | 835 (16–2594) | Need of tracheostomy (%) | 13 (68) |
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ICU: intensive care unit. GI: gastrointestinal.
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