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Postoperative Haemodynamics in Patients With and Without Cardiac Disease
Author(s) -
Sørensen M. Bredgaard,
BilleBrahe N. E.,
Engell H. C.,
Følsgaard S.,
Ernst Jonna
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1978.tb01371.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac index , hemodynamics , vascular resistance , cardiac output , blood pressure , cardiac surgery , anesthesia , heart rate , cardiology , disease , blood volume , central venous pressure , surgery
The cardiovascular reaction to primarily niaior vascular surgery was examined in 39 patients without cardiac disease and in 11 patients with cardiac disease. In the immediate postoperative period (24 h), patients without cardiac disease showed significant increases in heart rate and cardiac index and a decreased blood volume. The central pressures were increased during the first postoperative hour. Systemic blood pressure and vascular resistance remained unchanged, or decreased slightly. Postoperative haemodynamics in patients with cardiac disease followed the same trends as in normal patients; there were, however, no significant changes in cardiac index or central pressures, and in general the cardiovascular reaction to operation was less conspicuous than in the group of normal patients. The pre‐operative haemodynamic differences between the two groups were diminished in the immediate postoperative period because therapy could be guided by measuring central pressures.