Incidence and Risk Factors of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Noncardiac Chinese Patients: A Multicenter Observational Study in University Hospitals
Table 3
Incidence of PPCs with LOS according to surgical specialties.
All patients
PPCs, n (%)
LOS (day)
P
With PPCs (n = 163)
Without PPCs (n = 1510)
Total
1673
163 (9.7)
16 (10–23)
8 (5–13)
<0.001
Surgical specialty
Orthopaedics
303
10 (3.3)
22 (14–31)
11 (6–17)
0.03
Breast
72
2 (2.8)
20 (19–21)
4 (3–8)
<0.001
Gynaecology
208
16 (7.7)
10 (7–19)
6 (4–8)
<0.001
Vascular
33
1 (3.0)
16 (16–16)
9 (7–13)
0.45
Upper gastrointestinal
47
19 (40.4)
18 (16–21)
17 (13–20)
0.68
Lower gastrointestinal
136
16 (11.8)
17 (15–28)
11 (6–15)
<0.001
Hepatobiliary
229
31 (13.5)
24 (16–33)
8 (5–14)
<0.001
Urology
168
7 (4.2)
16 (13–38)
8 (6–11)
0.16
Kidney
56
8 (14.3)
13 (10–17)
10 (7–14)
0.65
Head and neck
147
9 (6.1)
4 (3–7)
7 (5–9)
0.21
Thoracic
49
19 (38.8)
12 (10–15)
14 (9–16)
0.36
Neurosurgery
36
8 (22.2)
22 (12–27)
18 (12–25)
0.40
Endocrinology
147
14 (9.5)
8 (7–14)
7 (6–8)
0.11
Others
41
4 (2.4)
10 (7–26)
7 (5–9)
0.16
Data are median (quartile) unless otherwise specified. PPCs: postoperative pulmonary complications; LOS: length of stay.
