introduction: optimum pain management immediately after surgeries can lower the possibility of pain syndrome and its following consequences. opioids are amongst the analgesics used for postoperative pain control; however, their application can bring about several adverse effects. in this study, all the published articles regarding efficacy of paracetamol   in post-cardiac surgery pain managemen...

background critical-care patients are at higher risk of untreated pain, because they are often unable to communicate owing to altered mental status, tracheal intubation and sedation. objectives this study compared two pain assessment tools on tracheal intubated critically ill patients in a cardiac post-anesthesia care unit, who were unable to communicate verbally. the studied tools were “critic...

introduction: along with advances occurring in cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) including improved anesthesia intubation and early surgical interventions, it has become possible to correct life-threatening congenital heart anatomic abnormalities in patients. our study aimed to collect information from one of the most important centers of pediatric cardiac surgery in iran since there is limited info...

certain benefits are clearly associated with the use of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) as compared with the on-pump cabg. the superiority is more evident in patients with multiple co morbidities including renal failure.we reviewed the medical records of a 67-year-old male with a past medical history that was significant for multiple cardiovascular diseases and new-onset end-sta...

background: various adverse effects of homologous blood transfusion detected particularly in open heart surgery, in which it is frequently used, lead researchers to study on autologous blood use and to evaluate the patient’s blood better. due to the complications of homologous blood transfusion, development of techniques that utilize less transfusion has become inevitable. we aimed to evaluate ...

Background: This study set out to assess the indications, feasibility, safety, and outcome of early cardiac catheterizations (CC) within 30 days after congenital heart surgery (CHS) in children. Methods Results: is a retrospective, single-center case review all CC CHS between 1/2010-12/2020. A total 317 (138 diagnostic, 179 interventional) were performed 245 patients at median 4 (IQR 13) CHS. T...

now-a-days truncus arteriosus has been known as “common arterial trunk” (cat) and is an uncommon congenital cardiac defect presenting in about 1-3% congenital heart disease. environmental and genetic factors effects on incidence of cat and other conotruncal anomalies. the majority patients with cat and 22q11 deletion have other anomalies such as hypoplasia or aplasia of the thymus or parath...