作者
Ahmed Alsaddique, Alistair G Royse, Colin F Royse, Abdulelah Mobeirek, Fayez El Shaer, Hanan AlBackr, Mohammed Fouda, David J Canty
发表日期
2016/4/1
期刊
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
卷号
30
期号
2
页码范围
406-412
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
Objectives
Cardiorespiratory complications are common after cardiac surgery and current monitors used to diagnose these are invasive and have limitations. Transthoracic echocardiography and lung ultrasound are noninvasive and frequently improve diagnosis in critically ill patients but have not been reported for routine postoperative monitoring after coronary, valve, and aortic surgery. The aim was to determine whether both repeated postoperative transthoracic echocardiography and lung ultrasound revealed or excluded clinically important cardiac and respiratory disorders compared to conventional monitoring and chest x-ray.
Design
Prospective observational study.
Setting
Tertiary university hospital.
Participants
Ninety-one patients aged older than 18 undergoing cardiac surgery
Interventions
Postoperative clinical patient assessment for significant cardiac and respiratory disorders by the treating physician was …
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