Korean Journal of Anesthesiology  1997;33(4):660-663

doi:10.4097/kjae.1997.33.4.660

Postoperative Intubation Time in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery.

Ka Young RHEE ; Yun Seok JEON ; Woo Sik EOM ; Sang Hwan DO ; Chong Soo KIM ; Kwang Woo KIM

Keywords

Surgery, cardiac; Ventilation, postoperative

Country

Republic 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.