Why is pneumonia a post op complication?

Why is pneumonia a post op complication?

The various circumstances surrounding surgery tend to make patients more likely to develop pneumonia. For example, many people who undergo surgery are doing so because they’re sick, and because their immune systems are already compromised due to this illness, they’re more prone to developing an infection.

What is the most common postoperative pulmonary complication?

Atelectasis is one of the most common postoperative pulmonary complications, particularly following abdominal and thoracoabdominal procedures [4].

How can postoperative pneumonia be prevented?

How does surgery increase the risk?

1. Move!
2. Take care of your mouth and teeth.
3. Always keep the head of your hospital bed at a 30-degree angle.
4. Do your deep breathing and coughing exercises.
5. When you are awake, use your incentive spirometer 10 times every hour.

What is hypostatic pneumonia?

Definition: pneumonia resulting from infection developing in the dependent portions of the lungs due to decreased ventilation of those areas, with resulting failure to drain bronchial secretions; occurs primarily in old people or those debilitated by disease who remain recumbent in the same position for long periods.

What kind of surgery is done for pneumonia?

During a pneumonectomy, the surgeon makes a cut (incision) on the side of your body. The surgeon cuts some muscle and spreads the ribs apart. He or she surgically removes the affected lung. The sac that contained the lung (pleural space) fills up with air.

How do you contract pneumonia?

Catching pneumonia coughs and sneezes – these launch tiny droplets of fluid containing germs into the air, which someone else can breathe in. touching an object and transferring germs on to it – someone else can touch this object and then touch their own mouth or nose.