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Incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (6-76%) depends on diagnostic criteria. Seventy four paediatric surgical patients were analysed during one-year period. In the first group (with complications) pneumonia was the most frequent complication (86.95%) in 65.21% of newborns. ⋯ Mortality rate was high in the first group, where more than a half of children were newborns. In conclusion, pulmonary complications had unfavourably influence on the mortality rate and morbidity, particularly in newborn infants. This was the reason for a prolonged hospitalisation in the paediatric intensive care unit.