Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 2017
Observational StudyIn-Hospital and Long-Term Mortality in 35,173 Chinese Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Beijing: Impact of Sex, Age, Myocardial Infarction, and Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the independent risk factors for mortality, the correlation between female sex and mortality, and the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on prognosis in Chinese patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). ⋯ These findings suggested that advancing age but not female sex, appeared to be an independent risk factor for post-CABG in-hospital and long-term mortality, and off-pump CABG may be associated with worse in-hospital mortality and better long-term survival compared with on-pump CABG.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 2017
Observational StudyDoes Postoperative Cardiac Troponin-I Have Any Prognostic Value in Predicting Midterm Mortality After Congenital Cardiac Surgery?
This study evaluated the prognostic value of postoperative cardiac troponin-I (cTnI) in predicting all-cause mortality up to 3 months after normothermic congenital cardiac surgery. ⋯ This study did not find that postoperative cTnI concentration predicted midterm mortality after normothermic congenital heart surgery. (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01616394).
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 2017
Observational StudyShoulder Pain After Thoracic Surgery: Type and Time Course, a Prospective Cohort Study.
To study the time course of ipsilateral shoulder pain after thoracic surgery with respect to incidence, pain intensity, type of pain (referred versus musculoskeletal), and surgical approach. ⋯ Only a subset of patients has clinically relevant shoulder pain after postoperative day 2. Chronic shoulder pain is a minor problem after lobectomy and previously may have been overestimated. Ipsilateral shoulder pain of the musculoskeletal type is more intense than referred ipsilateral shoulder pain.