Pulmonary Dysfunction After Cardiac Surgery

• Published in: Chest Vol. 121; no. 4; pp. 1269 - 1277
• Main Authors: Ng, Calvin S.H., Wan, Song, Yim, Anthony P.C., Arifi, Ahmed A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Northbrook, IL Elsevier Inc 01.04.2002; American College of Chest Physicians; Elsevier B.V
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; cardiac surgery; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Cardiopulmonary Bypass - adverse effects; Causes of; Collagen; Complications and side effects; Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary vessels; cytokine; Edema; Enzymes; Heart surgery; Hospital Mortality; Humans; inflammatory response; ischemia-reperfusion; Lung - blood supply; Lung diseases; lung injury; Medical sciences; Microscopy; Neutrophils; Nitric oxide; Permeability; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis; Postoperative Complications - mortality; Postoperative Complications - physiopathology; Proteins; Pulmonary arteries; Reperfusion Injury - diagnosis; Reperfusion Injury - mortality; Reperfusion Injury - physiopathology; Respiratory Insufficiency - diagnosis; Respiratory Insufficiency - mortality; Respiratory Insufficiency - physiopathology; Risk Factors; Surfactants; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Survival Rate; Veins & arteries; ventilation; Hong Kong; cytokine; NO; VCM; CPAP; IL; P(A-a)O2; ventilation; inflammatory response; LT; ischemia-reperfusion; TNF; PMN; MMP; PA; TXB2; lung injury; CPB; cardiopulmonary bypass; cardiac surgery; CABG; neutrophils; Heart; Human; Postoperative; Pathophysiology; Lung; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Lung function; Reperfusion; Treatment; Ischemia; Heart disease; Surgery; Complication

Postoperative lung injury is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery that impacts significantly on health-care expenditures and largely has been believed to result from the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). However, recent comparative studies between conventional and off-pump co...