Impact of Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Aorta Cross Clamp Time on the Length of Mechanical Ventilation after Cardiac Surgery among Children: A Saudi Arabian Experience.

Akhter Mehmood¹, Rashid N Nadeem², M S Kabbani³, Altaf H Khan⁴, Omar Hijazi³, Sameh R Ismail³, Ghassan Shath³, Winston W Eng⁵, Shafaq Jawed⁶

¹Pediatrics, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, ARE.

²Intensive Care Medicine, Dubai Hospital, Dubai, ARE.

³Cardiac Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Hospital Health Affairs, Riyadh, SAU.

⁴Bioinformatics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Hospital Health Affairs, Riyadh, SAU.

⁵Miscellaneous, Performance Center, Omnicell, Inc., Pittsburgh, USA.

⁶Surgery, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, PAK.

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Abstract

Aim Several factors determine the perioperative outcome besides the nature of the congenital heart defect. Prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) is a major factor that determines mortality, length of stay (LOS), residual disability, and other functional outcomes. We aim to determine the clinical variables predicting PMV and LOS in hospital, and specifically the impact from the duration of cardiop…

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