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Table 5 Time point of ICU admission and adverse events in Ward group

From: Characteristics and outcomes of unplanned intensive care unit admission after general anesthesia

  

< POD 1

POD 1–3

> POD 3

Cardiovascular events

hypotension without definite diagnosis

1

1

2

 

arrhythmia

 

1

 
 

congestive heart failure

 

3 (2)

1 (1)

 

myocardial ischemia

 

1 (1)

1

 

pulmonary embolism

 

3 (1)

 
 

cardiac arrest

 

1 (1)

 

Respiratory events

atelectasis

2

2

1 (1)

 

pneumothorax

  

1

 

pneumonia

  

2 (1)

 

laryngeal edema

  

1

Neurological events

stroke

 

1

 
 

seizure

 

1

1

Surgical events

surgical site bleeding

1 (1)

2 (2)

 
 

anastomotic leakage

  

2 (2)

Infection

sepsis

 

1 (1)

2 (1)

Others

gastrointestinal bleeding

 

1 (1)

 
  1. (): number of patients who received major interventions including mechanical ventilation, circulation support, hemodialysis, or re-operation. POD Postoperative day