March 1, 1998Anesthesia & Analgesia

Factors That Predict the Use of Positive Inotropic Drug Support After Cardiac Valve Surgery

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Population

149 patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery. Excluded: hepatic or renal failure, or New York Heart…

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JBJohn F. ButterworthHigh Point University CLClaudine LegaultInternational Space University RRRoger L. RoysterHigh Point University

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Implication

Preoperative factors and anesthesiologist variation were associated with inotrope use after valve surgery; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

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Population

149 patients undergoing cardiac valve surgery. Excluded: hepatic or renal failure, or New York Heart Association class IV cardiac symptoms.

Outcome

Use of positive inotropic drugs (PIDs) after cardiac valve surgery

Patient age, preoperative ventricular function, and physician preference predict the need for inotropic support after cardiac valve surgery, whereas specific valvular lesion and cardiopulmonary bypass duration do not.

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Butterworth et al. (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a89384981d3bfa98ef7bde4 https://doi.org/10.1213/00000539-199803000-00002

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Implication

Preoperative factors and anesthesiologist variation were associated with inotrope use after valve surgery; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.

Factors That Predict the Use of Positive Inotropic Drug Support After Cardiac Valve Surgery

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Factors That Predict the Use of Positive Inotropic Drug Support After Cardiac Valve Surgery

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