Neeraj Kumar, Mohammed Am Ayasa, Chitrambika P Krishnadas, Prem Chandra, Mamdouh M Al-Mustafa, Simi Praveen, Tripti Sinha, Sreethish Sasi
BACKGROUND: Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC) include any complication that affects the respiratory system after anesthesia and surgery and are a significant cause of postoperative mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVES: To describe the risk factors for immediate postoperative pulmonary complications after appendectomy under general anesthesia and to determine if rapid sequence induction decreases the risk. DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective analysis of perioperative medical records of patients who underwent appendectomy under general anesthesia over a year, from January 1st, 2014, to December 31st, 2014, at Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar, was done...
2023: Qatar Medical Journal