Early Thoracentesis and Follow|up in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ...

Early Thoracentesis and Follow-up in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ...

We hypothesize that increased follow-up with protocolled thoracentesis for pleural effusions in patients within 30 days of CABG surgery ...

"Early Thoracentesis and Follow-up in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ...

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is a high-risk surgical intervention and commonly accounts for hospital readmissions within 30 days of ...

Pleural Fluid Characteristics of Patients With Symptomatic Pleural ...

These patients were further classified into early and late categories. Patients who underwent a thoracentesis within 30 days after CABG were classified as early ...

Pleural effusion post coronary artery bypass surgery

Effusions were drained on average 9.9±8.4 days post-CABG. Earlier removal of drain tubes and removal near time of extubation were associated with development of ...

Early, dedicated follow-up and treatment of pleural effusions ...

Recent studies conclude that cardiac surgery patients are prone to both mortality and morbidity in the weeks after discharge. Complications such as pleural and ...

Early, dedicated follow-up and treatment of pleural effusions ...

Objectives: Recent studies conclude that cardiac surgery patients are prone to both mortality and morbidity in the weeks after discharge.

Evaluation and management of pleural effusions following cardiac ...

Pleural effusions occur in up to 90 percent of patients during the early postoperative period (≤30 days after surgery, typically the first seven days), and ...

Prevalence and Clinical Course of Pleural Effusions at 30 Days after ...

At least 40% of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) develop a pleural effusion in the immediate postoperative ...

Prevalence and Clinical Course of Pleural Effusions at 30 Days after ...

thoracentesis within the first 90 days of surgery. Thoracentesis reported in ... effusion after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Arch Intern Med.

Pleural effusions are associated with adverse outcomes after ...

Of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting or heart valve surgery, between 41% and 89% develop pleural effusions in the first 7 days ...

The role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for management of ...

One patient was still receiving periodic thoracentesis 12 months post-CABG. Paull et al. (7) found 17/4,272 (0.4%) patients having PE after cardiac surgery ...

Left Pleural Effusion After Coronary Artery Bypass Decreases With a ...

heart surgery, but in most cases the fluid collection is small and not clinically significant. Some patients, however, develop a significant effusion during the ...

Characteristics of early pleural effusions after orthotopic heart ...

Objectives Pleural effusions appearing within the first 30 postoperative days following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are ...

Thoracocentesis in cardiac surgery patients - MMCTS

Pleural effusion is a common complication after aortocoronary bypass surgery (CABG), with a reported incidence of 42–89% [1, 2] . Most pleural ...

Pleural Effusions Following Cardiac Injury and Coronary Artery ...

Follow- ing CABG surgery, most patients will have a small unilateral left-sided pleural effusion, and approximately 10% of patients will have a larger effusion.

Respiratory dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting ...

The incidence of thoracocentesis was significantly higher in group III than group I. The pain score and analgesic requirements at 1–12 h after awakening were ...

However, they should be considered with the pre-test probability of CHF. Therapeutic thoracentesis and indwelling pleural catheter (IPC) ...

Left pleural effusion after coronary artery bypass decreases with a ...

Methods. The clinical course of study patients was prospectively recorded during the initial hospitalization and at 6-weeks after surgery.

Pleural Effusion & Heart Surgery: What Should Patients Know?

In that study, 40% of patients who had a CABG surgery developed a PE in the immediate post-op period. Most of the effusions were small, and they ...

Medline ® Abstract for Reference 43 of 'Pleural fluid eosinophilia'

Patients who develop a symptomatic pleural effusion after CABG should undergo a therapeutic thoracentesis; however, further investigations are warranted only in ...