Open AccessAlveolar recruitment manoeuvre is safe in children prone to pulmonary hypertensive crises following open heart surgery: a pilot study
Author(s) -
Erica de Freitas Amorim,
Viviane Assunção Guimarães,
Fábio Carmona,
Ana Paula de Carvalho Panzeri Carlotti,
Paulo Henrique Manso,
César Augusto Ferreira,
Jyrson Guilherme Klamt,
Walter Villela de Andrade Vicente
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivt484
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , corrective surgery , cardiology , heart disease , surgery , anesthesia
To test the tolerance and safety of an alveolar recruitment manoeuvre performed in the immediate postoperative period of corrective open heart surgery in children with congenital heart disease associated with excessive pulmonary blood flow and pulmonary arterial hypertension due to left-to-right shunt.
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