Postoperative Intubation Time in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery.
10.4097/kjae.1997.33.4.660
- Author:
Ka Young RHEE
;
Yun Seok JEON
;
Woo Sik EOM
;
Sang Hwan DO
;
Chong Soo KIM
;
Kwang Woo KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Surgery, cardiac;
Ventilation, postoperative
- MeSH:
Heart*;
Humans;
Intubation*;
Medical Records;
Oxygen;
Postoperative Period;
Retrospective Studies;
Thoracic Surgery*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1997;33(4):660-663
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Cardiac patients undergoing open heart surgery usually require ventilatory support that involves ICU admission in the postoperative period. We tried to find out determinants of postoperative ventilatory support time. METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 56 open heart surgery patients retrospectively in terms of their disease, preoperative physical status, age, post-bypass arterial oxygen tension/inspired oxygen fraction (PaO2/FIO2) ratio, number of inotropics used and searched the relationship between each factor and postoperative intubation time. RESULTS: None of the factors except the number of inotropics used had an significant influence on the postoperative intubation time. CONCLUSION: In open heart surgical patients their disease, preoperative physical status, age, postbypass PaO2/FIO2 ratio do not affect postoperative intubation time rather than number of inotropics used does.
