Pleural effusions in children undergoing cardiac surgery

Subpulmonary pleural effusions in children after cardiac surgery.

Postoperative chest radiographs on 100 children who had undergone cardiac operations were evaluated to determine the frequency of subpulmonary effusions after surgery. Of the 83 patients in whom adequate erect postoperative radiographs were available, 9 (11%) had effusions confirmed by lateral decubitus radiographs. On the frontal chest x ray film, the evidence of an effusion was an increase in...

Lysozyme in pleural effusions.

Pleural effusions following cardiac injury and coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

This article discusses the pleural effusions that occur with the post-cardiac injury (Dressler's) syndrome (PCIS) and those that occur after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The PCIS can occur after any type of cardiac injury and is thought to be due to anti-myocardial antibodies. The primary symptoms are fever and chest pain, and pericarditis is frequently present. Pleural effusion...

Prevalence and clinical course of pleural effusions at 30 days after coronary artery and cardiac surgery.

The present prospective study was designed to determine the prevalence of pleural effusion at approximately 28 days after cardiac surgery and their subsequent course. This consecutive case study included 389 patients; 312 had only coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) surgery, 37 had both valve and CABG surgery, and 40 had only valve surgery. Chest radiographs were obtained approximately ...

Zinc in children undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.

During cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation (ECC), a series of immunological and inflammatory alterations occur, which trigger oxidative stress1,2. Under the nonphysiological conditions during the ECC and due to the alterations related to ischemia-reperfusion, a large amount of free radicals is formed3. These are responsible for systemic inflammation and considerable structural and f...