Clinical outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a hospital in northwest of Rio Grande do Sul

• Main Authors: Miquéias Bogado Kasctin dos Santos (Author), Camila Rieffel Silveira (Author), Maria Antonieta Pereira de Moraes (Author), Emiliane Nogueira de Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 2179-7692; 2179-7692; 10.5902/2179769216467
• Keywords: tempo de internação; cirurgia cardíaca; cardiologia; enfermagem; Medicine; R; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp 102-111 (2016)

Aim: To analyze the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a high complexity hospital. Method: Descriptive historical longitudinal study, in which records of patients undergoing cardiac surgery within the period of one year were analyzed. Results: Among the 137 patient records analyzed, CABG surgery was the most prevalent 85 (62%). The average length of stay in the ICU was 2.93 ± 4.53 days, and clinical / surgical units, was 3.77 ± 3.53 days. The most used drugs were the vasoactive ones. The most prevalent complications in the postoperative period were hypotension 50 (36.6%), bleeding 17 (12.4%) and hyperglycemia 10 (7.3%). The average time of the chest tube removal was 51h43min , the use of mechanical ventilation was 16:38min and of the endotracheal tube was 16:48min. Conclusion: The major clinical outcomes in post-cardiac surgery are related to the hemodynamic status of the patient