The ARISCAT Risk Index as a Predictor of Pulmonary Complications After Thoracic Surgeries, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Safwat Eldaabossi,1,2 Yasser Al-Ghoneimy,3 Ayman Ghoneim,3,4 Amgad Awad,5,6 Waheed Mahdi,2– 7 Abdallah Farouk,8,9 Hesham Soliman,10 Hatem Kanany,11 Ahmad Antar,12 Yasser Gaber,13,14 Ahmed Shaarawy,1 Osama Nabawy,1 Moaz Atef,1 Sameh O Nour,1 Ahmed Kabil1 1Department of Chest Diseases, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; 2Pulmonology Department, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; 3Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; 5Nephrology Department, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; 6Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; 7Department of Chest Diseases, Banha Faculty of Medicine, Banha, Egypt; 8Critical Care Consultant, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; 9Department of Critical Care, Alexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt; 10Consultant and Chief of Anesthesia, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; 11Department of Critical Care and Anesthesia, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt; 12Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology-Oncology Section, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; 13Radiology Department, Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia; 14Department of Radiology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, EgyptCorrespondence: Ahmed Kabil, Department of Chest Diseases, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Tel +201006396601, Email a_ka_81@hotmail.comBackground: Pulmonary complications after thoracic surgery are common and are associated with prolonged hospital stay, higher costs, and increased mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the value of The Assess Respiratory risk in Surgical Patients in Catalonia (ARISCAT) risk index in predicting pulmonary complications after thoracic surgery.Methods: This retrospective study was conducted at Almoosa Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia, from August 2016 to August 2019 and included 108 patients who u