Table 2.
Surgical procedure and incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications
| Surgical procedure | Incidence of PPC | Incidence of severe PPC |
| Lower GI | 16.1 (177/1096) | 6.5 (71/1096) |
| Upper GI, hepatobiliary, pancreas | 13.0 (177/1357) | 5.0 (68/1357) |
| Vascular surgerya | 11.9 (37/309) | 3.9 (12/309) |
| Aortic surgery | 20.3 (13/64) | 10.9 (7/64) |
| Neurosurgery, head and neck | 7.7 (154/2006) | 1.9 (38/2006) |
| Urological and kidney | 11.4 (98/858) | 2.4 (21/858) |
| Gynaecological | 9.2 (105/1141) | 1.4 (17/1141) |
| Endocrine surgery | 10.3 (20/194) | 3.6 (7/194) |
| Transplant | 38.2 (13/34) | 5.9 (2/34) |
| Plastic, cutaneous, breast | 6.7 (69/1037) | 1.6 (17/1037) |
| Bone, joint, trauma, spine | 10.3 (165/1595) | 1.8 (29/1595) |
| Other procedure | 7.9 (46/585) | 1.9 (11/585) |
All data are presented as proportion, % (n/N); a patient could have had more than one type of surgical procedure within one operation (e.g. neurosurgery and trauma). GI, gastrointestinal; n, number with characteristic; N, number in group or subgroup; PPC, postoperative pulmonary complication.
aVascular surgery is carotid endarterectomy, aortic surgery and peripheral vascular taken together.