Significance of prolonged peripheral vasoconstriction after open-heart surgery.

نویسندگان

  • H R Matthews
  • J B Meade
  • C C Evans
چکیده

Matthews, H. R., Meade, J. B, and Evans, C. C. (1974). Thorax, 29, 343-348. Significance of prolonged peripheral vasoconstriction after open-heart surgery. Abnormally prolonged peripheral vasoconstriction has been detected prospectively by means of a toe temperature nomogram in 15 (11-5%) out of 131 patients following cardiopulmonary bypass. This state has been associated with a 53% incidence of hospital death, a detectable pathological cause in all cases, and in seven of the 15 cases it was the first or only evidence of a circulatory disorder. It is apparent that toe temperature monitoring after open-heart surgery gives early warning of a wide variety of potentially serious pathological processes, permitting effective treatment of the underlying cause before irreversible changes occur. It has become an indispensable part of routine postoperative care in our unit and is regarded as the simplest and most effective method of monitoring the circulation currently available.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Thorax

دوره 29 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1974