Risk factors for the development of postoperative pneumonia after cardiac surgery.

Objective: Identify risk factors that determine pneumonia development in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery.

Methods: Prospective study of a single cohort in a postoperative intensive care unit at a tertiary care center, encompassing all patients undergoing cardiac surgery from January to July 2014.

Results: 31 postoperative pneumonia cases were enrolled out of 211 patients (14.