| DESCRIPTION |
Definition Revised (2008)
support.
Indicate if the patient was placed on ventilator support
postoperatively within 30 days and this repeat ventilator support
is related to the index operation (For example, the patient is on
the ventilator intra-op and immediately post-op. Then patient is
weaned and the ventilator is discontinued. Later, the patient gets
into trouble and mechanical ventilation has to be reinstated.)
However, if the patient returns to the OR within 30 days and gets
extubated immediately after, it is not considered repeat ventilator
|
