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 patients19
Surgical procedures
 Need of reoperation (%)19 (100%)
 Median number of reoperations11 (1–41)
Type of surgical complications
 GI-perforation11
 Anastomotic Leak10
 Surgical site infection6
 GI ischemia5
 Bleeding4
Infectious complications (%)
 Abdominal Sepsis19 (100)
 Pulmonary Sepsis13 (68)
Kidney failure (%)
 Acute renal failure10 (52,6)
 Need of dialysis7 (36,8)
Respiratory failure
 Need for mechanical ventilation (%)17 (89)
 Median time of mechanical ventilation (hours)835 (16–2594)
 Need of tracheostomy (%)13 (68)

ICU: intensive care unit. GI: gastrointestinal.