Aim: Acute Type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is an important clinical condition that requires urgent surgical intervention. Various organ failures and the development of postoperative pneumonia are also important problems. In this study, we aimed to investigate the value of admission blood glucose (ABG)/estimated average glucose (eAG) ratio in predicting the development of postoperative pneumonia after ATAAD surgery.
Material and Methods: Patients who were operated for ATAAD between January 2016 and January 2022 were consecutively included in the study. Patients who did not develop pneumonia in the postoperative period were recorded as Group 1, and those who did develop as Group 2.
Results: A total of 124 patients were included in the study. Those who did not develop postoperative pneumonia were included in Group 1 (N = 92, median age = 63.7±9.2 years), and those who did were included in Group 2 (N = 32, median age = 66.9±9.6 years). As a result of multivariate analysis, ventilation time (OR: 1.114 CI 95%: 1.030-1.542, P=0.023), and ABG/eAG ratio (OR: 0.886, CI 95%: 0.695-0.990, P=0.009) values were determined as independent predictors for predicting postoperative pneumonia.
Conclusion: In this study, we showed that the ABG/eAG ratio obtained from the blood values of the patients at the time of admission is an important predictor for the development of postoperative pneumonia