Key result
Overweight and obesity show no association with postoperative complications after myocardial revascularization surgery.
Why the study?
The relationship between body mass index categories and postoperative events after myocardial revascularization surgery with extracorporeal circulation was not well characterized.
Does overweight and obesity alter postoperative complications in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization surgery with extracorporeal circulation?
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Does overweight and obesity alter postoperative complications in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization surgery with extracorporeal circulation?
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While obesity and overweight do not significantly increase the overall frequency of postoperative complications after myocardial revascularization, they are associated with a different complication profile, predominantly cardiovascular.
This is a descriptive, retrospective study with cross-sectional quantitative approach, which aimed to relate the body mass index with events in the postoperative period of the myocardial revascularization surgery with use of extracorporeal circulation. The data collection period was between April and June/2012. Patients were divided according to the body mass index and classified as without excess of weight, overweight or obese. The data analysis was based on the descriptive statistics. The patients without excess of weight had more complications, especially those related to the lungs. Among overweight and obese individuals, the cardiovascular complications stood out. The obese subjects had the worse prognostic. Obesity and overweight did not have statistically significant association with a higher frequency of postoperative complications, in spite of the occurrence of cardiovascular complications in this group. The patients without excess of weight had higher risks of developing neurological events.
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Araújo et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Postoperative period of myocardial revascularization surgery. Overweight and obesity vs. Without excess of weight was evaluated on Postoperative complications. Overweight and obesity did not have a statistically significant association with a higher frequency of postoperative complications after myocardial revascularization surgery.
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