Correa BM, Pozo RJA, Fernández RH, Colmenares SF

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 457-463
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: anesthesiologists involved in the care of combat casualties with alarming morbidity and mortality are always keen on determining the identity of the injured and performing early actions aimed at reducing death rates.
Objective: identify anesthetic morbidity and mortality risk factors in war surgery.
Methods: observational analytical prospective longitudinal study of 120 casualties to determine anesthetic morbidity and mortality risk factors in war surgery. The variables considered were surgical risk, surgical site, intra and post-operative complications, and discharge.
Results: surgical risk was bad in 40 % and fair in 60 %. The surgical sites were the following: head 20 %, extremities 18 %, and chest and abdomen 11.7 %. Intraoperative complications were arterial hypotension in 35.8 %, an association of complications in 31.7 %, and hypovolemic shock in 17.5%. Post-operative complications were an association of complications in 34.2 %, hypovolemic shock in 17.5%, acute renal failure in 15.8 %, and respiratory failure in 10.8 % of the cases. 60.8 % were discharged alive and 39.2 % died.
Conclusions: morbidity consisted in intra and post-operative complications. The high mortality was associated with bad surgical risk, the surgical sites head, chest and abdomen, and intra and post-operative complications. Intra and post-operative morbidity and bad surgical risk were mortality risk factors in the study.

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