Key result
Radiography and ultrasound routinely identify extracardiac complications in pediatric ICU patients after cardiovascular surgery.
Why the study?
Pediatric patients develop various extracardiac complications after cardiovascular surgery, and imaging guidance is needed to help intensive care unit physicians identify and manage them.
Radiography and ultrasound are valuable tools for identifying and managing various extracardiac complications in pediatric patients following cardiovascular surgery.
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May aid recognition of extracardiac complications after pediatric cardiac surgery; leaves open prospective validation of imaging protocols.
Pediatric patients show various extracardiac complications after cardiovascular surgery, and radiography and ultrasound are routinely performed in the intensive care unit to detect and evaluate these complications. This review presents images of these complications, sonographic approach, and timing of occurrence that are categorized based on their extracardiac locations and include complications pertaining to the central nervous system, mediastinum, thorax and lung parenchyma, diaphragm, liver and biliary system, and kidney along with pleural effusion and iatrogenic complications. This pictorial review will make it easier for medical doctors in intensive care units to identify and manage various extracardiac complications in pediatric patients after cardiovascular surgery.
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Hosokawa et al. (2020) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease after surgical repair. Ultrasound and radiography was evaluated. Radiography and ultrasound are routinely used in the intensive care unit to identify and manage various extracardiac complications in pediatric patients after cardiovascular surgery.
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