Early extubation after surgical repair of congenital heart disease
- 1 October 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 13 (10) , 830-832
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198510000-00010
Abstract
Of 220 pediatric patients recovering from surgical repair of congenital heart disease, 147 (67%) met our criteria for early extubation and were extubated either in the operating room or within 6 h after admission to the surgical ICU. The duration of postoperative mechanical ventilation correlated with the duration of car-diopulmonary bypass during surgical repair. In patients undergoing repair of ventricular septal defect, preoperative measures of pulmonary vascular status (PPA/PAO and RP/RS) also correlated with the duration of mechanical ventilation.Keywords
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