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Respiratory complications following cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
GOULD F. K.,
FREEMAN R.,
BROWN M. A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1985.tb10602.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sputum , cardiac surgery , surgery , heart failure , chest surgery , isolation (microbiology) , respiratory failure , heart disease , respiratory disease , lung , tuberculosis , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Summary Sputum specimens were received for microbiological examination from 110 patients following open heart surgery. The isolation of Haemophilus influenzae occurred significantly more often in those patients who had pre‐existing chest disease, but was not associated with postoperative chest problems. There was a significant association between pre‐operative heart failure and subsequent severe pulmonary complications.