Preoperative asymptomatic leukocytosis and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite showing a prognostic value in general surgical patients, preoperative asymptomatic elevated white blood cell (WBC) count is not considered a risk factor for cardiac surgery. Whereas there is sporadic evidence of its value as a preoperative risk marker, it has not been looked at methodically as a specific index of outcome during cardiac surgery. Using a national database we sought to determine the relationship between preoperative WBC count and postoperative outcome in cardiac surgical patients.

Methods

Cardiac surgeries were extracted from the 2007-2013 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. Leukocytosis was defined by a preoperative WBC count greater than 11,000 cells/μL. A univariate analysis compared the inc

SUBMITTER: Mahmood E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5584953 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature