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Table 2 Incidence rates per day of newly detected postoperative pulmonary complications with point-of-care lung ultrasound after major abdominal surgery

From: Routine lung ultrasound to detect postoperative pulmonary complications following major abdominal surgery: a prospective observational feasibility study

Day

Number of patients in which LUS is performed (N)

Patients with ≥ 1 PPC [N (%)]

Respiratory infection

Pneumothorax

Pulmonary edema

Atelectasis

Pleural effusion

POD 0

43

31 (72%)

2

2

0

29

10

POD 1

92

64 (70%)

0

4

2

55

31

POD 2

87

21 (24%)

4

0

1

9

9

POD 3

56

8 (14%)

1

0

2

1

5

  1. Patients can develop multiple PPCs. Total amount of PPCs can be higher than the number of patients
  2. LUS lung ultrasound, PPC postoperative pulmonary complication, POD postoperative day
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