title: [Respiratory complications during surgical treatment of patients in a paediatric intensive care unit].
abstract: Incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (6-76%) depends on diagnostic criteria. Seventy four paediatric surgical patients were analysed during one-year period. In the first group (with complications) pneumonia was the most frequent complication (86.95%) in 65.21% of newborns. In contrast, atelectases, pneumothorax and intra-alveolar haemorhagia were rare. In the control group (group II, without complications) only 5.88% were newborn infants. Intubation and ventilatory support were necessary in 69.56% of patients in the first group, compared to 5.88% in the second group. Mortality rate was high in the first group, where more than a half of children were newborns. In conclusion, pulmonary complications had unfavourably influence on the mortality rate and morbidity, particularly in newborn infants. This was the reason for a prolonged hospitalisation in the paediatric intensive care unit.
authors.forename: Lj
authors.initials: Lj
authors.lastname: Pejkov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Borisev
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Peković-Zrnić
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Svejanov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marinković
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy