Why the study?
The study was conducted to compare intraoperative and early postoperative gas exchange parameters in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
Does off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery improve early postoperative respiratory function compared to on-pump surgery in patients with coronary artery disease?
Does off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery improve early postoperative respiratory function compared to on-pump surgery in patients with coronary artery disease?
Off-pump CABG may be associated with worse early postoperative oxygenation parameters compared to on-pump CABG, though without differences in clinical respiratory complications.
Off-pump CABG was associated with worse early oxygenation; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice pending RCTs.
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