Influence of atelectasis on pulmonary function after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Chest
; 104(2): 434-7, 1993 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-8339632
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of atelectasis on pulmonary function 6 days following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). After 6 days, 30 patients had normal chest radiographs, 38 had atelectasis, and 57 had pleural changes. In 11 patients, atelectasis only was observed in the radiograph, and in 27 it was in combination with pleural changes. The decrease in FVC and FEV1 in the patients with atelectasis was 33.4 and 33.5 percent in the SVG group and 34.8 and 34.3 percent in the IMA group, while in those patients with a normal radiograph, the decrements were 26.3 and 26.9 percent in SVG group and 26.1 and 26.9 percent in IMA group, respectively. Thus, patients with atelectasis on the 6th postoperative day have a larger decrement in pulmonary function post CABG than the patients with normal chest radiograph and this reduction reflects a higher degree of thoracic trauma.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atelectasia Pulmonar
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Mecánica Respiratoria
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Puente de Arteria Coronaria
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Chest
Año:
1993
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil