Open Heart Surgery
Open heart surgery in Nigeria; a work in progress
... of Open Heart Surgery in Nigeria was re- cently highlighted by Nwiloh et ...Did Heart Surgery Programmes in Nigeria Fail?" ...
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The effects of listening to preferred music on pain intensity after open heart surgery
... undergoing open heart surgery (coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and valvular surgery) admitted in open heart ICU of Mazandaran Heart Center (a university affiliated ...
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Effectiveness of massage therapy on the mood of patients after open-heart surgery
... The researcher made the patient and the patient's environment ready before the massage intervention. The patient demographic questionnaire and the profile of the mood states that contained 65 items were conducted and ...
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Effect of music on postoperative physiological parameters in patients under open heart surgery
... after open heart ...lower heart rate and systolic blood pressure by making comfortable feeling and relaxation in patients that related to Adrenalin level of blood ...
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Music as an Interpretive Lens: Patients' Experiences of Discharge Following Open-heart Surgery
... A convenience sample of ten individuals was recruited from a preoperative clinic at a large, urban hospital. The sample included five men and five women that underwent open-heart surgery including ...
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Incidence and outcome of acute kidney injury after open heart surgery in children
... Open heart surgery is associated with a high risk for developing AKI. This complication is associated further with substantial morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of kidney injury during CPB is ...
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Study to Know the Infection Rate Postoperatively In Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery
... In this study, wound infection developed in 39 patients (13.8%) after open heart surgery; 19 of the patients (6.7%) had deep infection in the sternum, 17 (6.0%) superficial and 3 (1.1%) ...
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Thoracic Electrical Bioimpedance Versus Thermodilution in Patients Post Open-Heart Surgery
... catheterization, open-heart surgery or staying at the ICU from various rea- sons were ...after heart transplantation was documented in the decrease of specific TEB acceleration index ...
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Base deficit in the immediate postoperative period of open-heart surgery and patient outcome
... Outcome after cardiac operation is deter- mined by preoperative characteristics of the pa- tient in addition to intraoperative factors such as surgical technique, myocardial protection, and CPB. Several risk factor ...
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Delayed cardiac tamponade after open heart surgery - is supplemental CT imaging reasonable?
... From October 2011 until November 2012, all patients undergoing transthoracic echocardiography and thoracic CT scans due to suspected pericardial effusion after open heart surgery were included in ...
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RESEARCH ARTICLE Topical use of tranexamic acid in open heart surgery
... Method: The prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind comparative study was conducted from March 2013 to September 2015 at Rehmatul-lil-Alameen Institute of Cardiology, Punjab Employees Social Security ...
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Large Right Atrial Thrombus Associated with Central Venous Catheter Requiring Open Heart Surgery
... an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly ...with ...
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Initial Experience with Open Heart Surgery in Sub Saharan Africa: Challenges in Mali with Minimum Standards for Practice
... Open Heart Surgery (OHS) is defined as “surgical repair of the heart during which the blood circulation is often maintained mechanically requiring Cardi- opulmonary Bypass (CPB)” ...own ...
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Prevalence of co-morbidities among adult patients presented for open heart surgery and the implication on convalescence period
... drugs used which could result delayed extubation. Intraoperative hypothermia and durations of CPB and AXC delayed intensive care unit stay but didn't have statistically significant influence on overall hospitalization. ...
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Effect of lavender essence inhalation on the level of anxiety and blood cortisol in candidates for open-heart surgery
... In their study, the mean anxiety level showed a significant reduction in the study group after intervention, compared to the control group, which is in line with the present study findings, although the difference was ...
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The Relationship Between Performance Indicators and Readmission of Patients With Open Heart Surgery: A Case Study in Iran
... Based on the collected data, the findings indicate that among the 849 patients who had undergone open heart surgery in the selected teaching hospital in northern Iran, a total of 106 of them (12.5%) ...
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Incentive spirometry prescription and inspiratorycapacity recovery guideline for early period after open heart surgery
... after open heart surgery ...the heart and its associated structures is obtained through a midline sternotomy ...various surgery and patient- related factors which cause diminished lung ...
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Hypertonic-Hyperoncotic Solutions Improve Cardiac Function in Children After Open-Heart Surgery
... DISCUSSION. This study demonstrates a profound increase of cardiac index after the administration of hypertonic- hyperoncotic solution in children after uncomplicated open-heart surgery, suggesting a ...
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Changes of the Serum Antibiotic Levels During Open Heart Surgery (ceftazidim, ciprofloxacin, clindamycin)
... Wound, mediastinal and intracardiac infections are still very serious complications of open-heart surgery. In a re- view article, Oakley and Wright (1,22) found a reported incidence varying from 0,4 ...
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Hyperbilirubinaemia after major thoracic surgery: comparison between open heart surgery and oesophagectomy
... the open-heart surgery group (C group), 13 patients were positive for hepatitis C virus and two had ...during surgery than did those in the E group (Table ...
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