background and objective: the present study aimed to assess the role of magnesium sulfate (mgso4) sup-plementation after cardiac surgery in pediatric patients, evaluating the incidence of cardiac complications, such as arrhythmia. methods: in this study, 105 children scheduled for elective cardiac surgery were randomly divided into 3 groups. the first group, as the placebo group, received salin...

This study verified the daily TISS-28 score in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery at a cardiology intensive care unit. This cohort study included 55 postoperative cardiac surgery patients, who were sent to the intensive care unit to recover. Data were collected from patients records with daily application of the TISS-28. The obtained data revealed that the average age of the population...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: coronary artery bypass graft is one of common cardiac surgeries which unfortunately accompany with some adverse events such as delirium. proinflammatory processes play an important role in pathogenesis of post-operative delirium. therefore, the effect of dexamethasone (dex) on post-operative delirium after cardiac surgery was evaluated. ...

background prolonged intensive care unit (icu) and hospital stay after cardiac surgery is vitally important and is influenced by both intraoperative and postoperative factors. objectives this randomized clinical trial study was designed to assess whether vitamin c supplementation could reduce the length of icu and hospital stay in post-cardiac surgery patients. patients and methods two hundred ...

introduction: post cardiac surgery hemorrhagic syndromes, potentialized by implementing   cardiopulmonary bypass, leads to increased hazards of blood products transfusion and          pertains serious impacts on immediate patients outcome. the objective of this clinical trial was to investigate the efficiency of exogenous fibrinogen to control hemorrhagic syndromes following cardiac surgery in ...

The caregivers of children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery are under stress due to the uncertainty of the surgical outcome and the stressful experience of being admitted in an intensive care unit. The current review describes the factors associated with parental stress in patients with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery. These factors can be grouped int...