title: Intra-aortic balloon pump complications: A five-year retrospective study of 283 patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the type, incidence, and risk factors for complication with the intra-aortic balloon pump.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive, chart review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Midwestern community teaching hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred eighty-three patients with 287 intra-aortic balloon pump insertions from January 1, 1990, to December 31, 1994.
  
  
  METHODS
  Complications of therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventeen percent of balloon insertions resulted in minor complications, and 14 patients had major complications. Polychotomous logistic regression was used to determine which study risk factors were predictive of the development of minor or major complications in patients. Patients with longer balloon duration had an increased risk of a major complication; whereas smokers and patients with lower body mass index had an increased probability of the development of a minor complication.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000601:surgery*