Predicting and Surviving Prolonged Critical Illness After Congenital Heart Surgery

predictors of prolonged mechanical ventilation in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease

conclusions the results of this study indicated that pmv predictors could be specific for each center and a good administration program is needed for each pediatric cardiac surgery center for the preoperative management of patients undergoing congenital heart surgeries. results a total of 300 patients, 56.7% male, were enrolled in this study. their mean age was 32 ± 40 months .the median durati...

Weaning unit and prolonged mechanical ventilation after critical illness

Methods We retrospectively reviewed medical records of tracheostomized and clinically stable ICU adults patients who required PMV (> 21 days) and weaning (> 7 days) and were transferred to a WU or a GW over a 8-year period (2007-2014) after critical illness. The study was carried out in two tertiary care university hospitals. Study variables were age, sex, APACHE II score, principal diagnosis, ...

Successful prolonged resuscitation after open heart surgery.

Junctional ectopic tachycardia after congenital heart surgery.

PURPOSE In this literature review, we try to give anesthesiologists a better understanding about Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia (JET), a narrow complex tachycardia that frequently occurs during and after surgery for congenital heart disease. SOURCE Information was found in the databases of Pubmed, Science Direct, Medline and the Cochrane Library, by using the mesh terms "Tachycardia, Ectopic ...

factors influencing prolonged icu stay after open heart surgery

background there are different risk factors that affect the intensive care unit (icu) stay after cardiac surgery. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate possible risk factors influencing prolonged icu stay in a large referral hospital. patients and methods we conducted a case-control study to determinate causes of prolonged icu stay in 280 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery in ...