Perioperative risk factors for postoperative respiratory failure.

The study aimed to identify the risk factors for respiratory failure after surgery. Postoperative respiratory failure (PRF) was defined as prolonged intubation after surgery or reintubation after unsuccessful extubation. We conducted a retrospective analysis of the following risk factors: age, obesity as reflected by body mass index (BMI), gender, patient admitted to hospital (in-patient status) vs.

Independent risk factors for surgical site infection after cesarean delivery in a rural tertiary care medical center.

Background: We aimed to determine the incidence of surgical site infection (SSI) after cesarean delivery (CD) and identify the risk factors in a rural population.

Methods: We identified 218 SSI patients by International Classification of Disease codes and matched them with 3131 parturients (control) from the electronic record database in a time-matched retrospective quality assurance analysis.

Results And Discussion: The incidence of SSI after CD was 7.

Care of dogs and attitudes of dog owners in Port-au-Prince, the Republic of Haiti.

This article reports the first known study on dogs in Port-au-Prince. Interviews with 1,290 residents provided information on 1,804 dogs. More than 57.