Asymptomatic Preoperative Leukocytosis Before Carotid Endarterectomy is Associated With Increased Risk of Stroke: A Study From NSQIP Database

Medicine and Dentistry

• Acute Kidney Injury 14%
• Apoplexy 100%
• Carotid Artery Stenosis 71%
• Carotid Disease 14%
• Carotid Endarterectomy 100%
• Cell Count 71%
• Disseminated Cancer 14%
• Infectious Complication 28%
• Leukocyte 85%
• Leukocytosis 100%
• Postoperative Complication 28%
• Postoperative Period 14%
• Quality Improvement 14%
• Renal Failure 14%
• Sepsis 14%
• Septic Shock 14%
• Stenosis 28%
• Surgeon 28%
• Wound Dehiscence 14%
• Wound Infection 42%

Keyphrases

• 30-day Mortality 14%
• Acute Occlusion 14%
• Acute Renal Failure 14%
• American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) 14%
• Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis 14%
• Carotid Artery Stenosis 14%
• Carotid Endarterectomy 100%
• Chronic Steroid Use 14%
• Clinical Dilemma 14%
• Disseminated Cancer 14%
• Elective Operation 14%
• High Risk 14%
• Infectious Complications 28%
• Leukocytosis 14%
• Management Options 14%
• Normal White Blood Cells 28%
• Pneumonia 28%
• Postoperative Complications 28%
• Postoperative Period 14%
• Regression Analysis 14%
• Renal Failure 14%
• Risk Assessment Tool 14%
• Sepsis 14%
• Septic Shock 14%
• Severe Aortic Stenosis 14%
• Stroke Risk 100%
• Surgeons 14%
• Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis 42%
• Symptomatic Stenosis 14%
• White Blood Cell Count 71%
• Wound Dehiscence 14%
• Wound Infection 28%