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We aim to explore whether intraoperative hypotension could increase the risk of postoperative pneumonia in adult patients undergoing intracranial tumor resection.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>A total of 341 patients who received selective intracranial tumor resection under general anesthesia between January 2018, and December 2022 in a single university hospital were reviewed. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed. The outcomes included the incidence of postoperative pneumonia and the association between intraoperative hypotension and postoperative pneumonia.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>The incidence of postoperative pneumonia during hospitalization after intracranial tumor resection was 16.8%. Univariate analysis revealed a history of preoperative smoking, intraoperative mean arterial pressure (MAP) &lt; 55 mmHg, American Society of Anesthesiologists classification (ASA) &gt;\u00a02, the duration of surgery &gt; 4 hours, and the duration of controlled ventilation &gt; 4 hours were identified as possible risk factors (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.1). Multivariate analysis revealed a history of preoperative smoking (adjusted odds ratio: 5.205, 95% confidence interval [1.826\u201314.836], <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.003) and intraoperative MAP &lt; 55 mmHg (adjusted odds ratio: 3.082, 95% confidence interval [1.447\u20136.432], <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.003) were independently associated with postoperative pneumonia.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>\n            <jats:sec>\n               <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n               <jats:p>Intraoperative hypotension may be associated with postoperative pneumonia in patients who received selective intracranial tumor resection under general anesthesia.<\/jats:p>\n            <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.7717\/peerj.19514","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,4]],"date-time":"2025-08-04T08:00:29Z","timestamp":1754294429000},"page":"e19514","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Intraoperative hypotension 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