Why the study?
What is the incidence and outcome of abnormally raised trans-oxygenator pressure gradients during cardiopulmonary bypass in patients undergoing open-heart surgery?
Population
n=3684 patients undergoing open-heart surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
intraoperative
Authors
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Rare oxygenator pressure rises during CPB may warrant heightened monitoring; this Level 3 cohort leaves open standardized device-specific thresholds.
What is the incidence and outcome of abnormally raised trans-oxygenator pressure gradients during cardiopulmonary bypass in patients undergoing open-heart surgery?
Abnormally raised trans-oxygenator pressure gradients during cardiopulmonary bypass are rare but can necessitate emergency oxygenator replacement.
Fisher et al. (2003) studied this question.
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