Abstract Objective: In cardiac surgery, the lung, renal and neurological events are the most frequent complications. Less common, acute liver failure is a serious complication that adds high morbidity, mortality, and costs. Therefore, this communication aimed to retrospectively evaluate five patients wh...
ABSTRACT Objective: To summarize the effect of mild hypothermia on function of the organs in patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Methods: The patients were randomly divided into two groups, northermia group (n=71) and hypothermia group (n=89). We imme...
PURPOSE: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedures are thought to activate systemic inflammatory reaction syndrome (SIRS). Strategies to curb systemic inflammation have been previously described. However, none of them is adequate, since "curbing" the extent of the inflammatory response requires a multimod...
Introdução: Complicações pulmonares no pós-operatório imediato de cirurgia de revascularização
do miocárdio (CRM) aumentam o risco de morbi-mortalidade; a fisioterapia
respiratória com suas técnicas e recursos, como a aplicação de pressão positiva tem
sido testadas com o objetivo de diminui...
Objetivo. Conocer la frecuencia de complicaciones intraabdominales y su impacto en la supervivencia de pacientes sujetos a DCP para procedimientos quirúrgicos comunes a corazón abierto. Antecedentes. Las complicaciones gastrointestinales después de cirugía cardiaca con derivación cardiopulmonar, tie...