Open AccessEarly axtubation in cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Vojislava Nešković,
Predrag Milojević,
Dragana Unić,
Ivan Ilić,
Nada Popović
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medicinski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1820-7383
pISSN - 0025-8105
DOI - 10.2298/mpns1004183n
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , general surgery , cardiology
An early extubation in cardiac surgery (fast track cardiac anaesthesia) refers to mechanical ventilation during 1-6 hours after the intervention, the extubation criteria being the same as for any other surgery. Different protocols have been established for managing patients undergoing fast track anaesthesia, with high-thoracic epidural anaesthesia being increasingly used in the last few years.