… This study examines the frequency and basis of hospital service use … Incidence and risk
factors for pneumonia following anterior cervical decompression and fusion procedures: an …

… Building upon this prior study, we present the largest ACDF analysis of the ACS NSQIP
database with more restrictive CPT codes (Appendix 1) in an effort to study a more …

… The ACS NSQIP database contains deidentified patient data … after single-level anterior
cervical discectomy and fusions. … Hence, our study excluded multilevel cervical spine fusions and …

… occurrence of any of the following: superficial surgical site infection, wound dehiscence,
pneumonia… Furthermore, the present study is unable to ascertain whether 2-level procedures are …

… It is unclear whether the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator … This study shows that the Risk
Calculator is only of marginal … Of all the calculations, only Pneumonia met the criteria for c > …

… The results of this study will provide insight into patient … an increased risk in pulmonary
complications such as pneumonia, … risk factor for early outcomes compared to 2-level ACDF after …

… study was to identify independent risk factors for infectious complications after SLLF using
the ACS-NSQIP… for the development of a non-SSI infectious complication (pneumonia, UTI, …

… The goals of this study were to determine the rate of inpatient … , airway compromise following
anterior cervical surgery is a situation … The level of cervical fusion is not captured by the NIS …

… The most common minor postoperative complication in our cohort was pneumonia (180 …
to the ACS-NSQIP registry. For instance, 12.3% of HS procedures included in this study were …

… occurrence of pneumonia after hip fracture surgery. The purpose of this study is to determine
the incidence, risk factors… The ACS-NSQIP defines pneumonia using strict criteria that are …