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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 89-92 |
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Ultra fast-track extubation in heart transplant surgery patients
Amir Abbas Kianfar1, Zargham Hossein Ahmadi1, Seyed Mohsen Mirhossein1, Hamidreza Jamaati2, Babak Sharif Kashani2, Seyed Amir Mohajerani3, Ehsan Firoozi1, Farshid Salehi1, Golnar Radmand3, Seyed Mohammadreza Hashemian3
1 Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tehran, Iran
3 Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Seyed Mohammadreza Hashemian
Darabadst, Niavaran Ave, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/2229-5151.158394
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Background: Heart transplant surgeries using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) typically requires mechanical ventilation in intensive care units (ICU) in post-operation period. Ultra fast-track extubation (UFE) have been described in patients undergoing various cardiac surgeries.
Aim: To determine the possibility of ultra-fast-track extubation instead of late extubation in post heart transplant patients.
Materials and Methods: Patients randomly assigned into two groups; Ultra fast-track extubation (UFE) group was defined by extubation inside operating room right after surgery. Late extubation group was defined by patients who were not extubated in operating room and transferred to post operation cardiac care unit (CCU) to extubate.
Results: The mean cardiopulmonary bypass time was 136.8 ± 25.7 minutes in ultra-fast extubation and 145.3 ± 29.8 minutes in late extubation patients (P > 0.05). Mechanical ventilation duration (days) was 0 days in ultra-fast and 2.31 ± 1.8 days in late extubation. Length of ICU stay was significantly higher in late extubation group (4.2 ± 1.2 days) than the UFE group (1.72 ± 1.5 days) (P = 0.02). In survival analysis there was no significant difference between ultra-fast and late extubation groups (Log-rank test, P = 0.9).
Conclusions: Patients undergoing cardiac transplant could be managed with "ultra-fast-track extubation", without increased morbidity and mortality. |
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