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Clinical and Surgical Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Valve Replacement.
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Journal of Health Sciences (2447-8938) . 2021, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p323-326. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Cardiovascular diseases have been the leading the causes of hospital admissions, being one of the main public health problems in Brazil, and one of the forms of treatment is cardiac surgery, being more prevalent in older people who have several other comorbidities associated. This study aimed to describe the clinical and surgical profile of patients undergoing valve replacement. Thus, an ambispective study was carried out with patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Instituto Nobre de Cardiologia. An analysis was carried out in the patients' medical records in search of data related to their clinical and surgical profile. During the research period, 55 patients underwent valve replacement, 10 of which were excluded. Thus, 45 patients were evaluated, with 28 (62%) male participants with a mean age of 43 ± 6 years, hypertension and sedentary lifestyle were the most common comorbidities (49% and 56% respectively) and 60% with the Body Mass Index within the normal range. Regarding the surgical characteristics, the extracorporeal circulation time was 211 ± 22 minutes and the Mechanical Ventilation time was 6 ± 2 hours. Based on the findings, it can be characterized that patients undergoing cardiac valve replacement surgery are over 40 years old, male, sedentary, hypertensive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24478938
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Sciences (2447-8938)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154811920
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.17921/2447-8938.2021v23n4p323-326