The LAS VEGAS risk score for prediction of postoperative pulmonary complications: An observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently used pre-operative prediction scores for postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) use patient data and expected surgery characteristics exclusively. However, intra-operative events are also associated with the development of PPCs.

Objective

We aimed to develop a new prediction score for PPCs that uses both pre-operative and intra-operative data.

Design

This is a secondary analysis of the LAS VEGAS study, a large international, multicentre, prospective study.

Settings

A total of 146 hospitals across 29 countries.

Patients

Adult patients requiring intra-operative ventilation during general anaesthesia for surgery.

Interventions

The cohort was randomly divided into a development subsample to construct a predictive model, and

SUBMITTER: Neto AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7450515 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature