OBJECTIVES Effective assessment of tissue perfusion is highly important during Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Mixed venous O2 saturation (Svo2) is one of the best and routinely used markers of tissue perfusion. However, this method is costly and leads to considerable complications. Thus, the present study aimed to determine whether the Svo2 can be substituted with central venous saturatio...

The patient is a female of 14‐year‐old with body weight 44 kg, who was referred to our hospital for cardiac murmur and history of exercise intolerance and recurrent respiratory tract infections. She presented cyanotic. Electrocardiogram showed right ventricle hypertrophy and right bundle branch block. The chest X‐ray showed right pulmonary artery dilation, pulmonary blood vessels decreased, hea...

background: pleurotomy during coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) may cause post-operative events, mostly pulmonary complications. in this study, we evaluated the influence of pleurotomy during cabg on the clinical outcome following left internal mammary artery (lima) harvesting. methods: between march and august 2009, 102 patients who underwent cardiac surgery were enrolled in this study an...

Background Untreated idiopathic scoliosis (IS) may lead to large deformations of the trunk, limiting capacity and biomechanics functions of the chest and exercise capacity, which is closely related to changes in the functioning of the cardio-pulmonary system. The conservative treatment of IS is applied in a brace treatment and various methods of physiotherapy. However, the usage of the brace ma...

OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of peripheral (radial) arterial access as compared to central (femoral) arterial access for measurement of invasive blood pressure (IBP) in critically ill patients after cardiopulmonary bypass. METHODS Sixty patients (60) who required high inotropic/vasopressor support on weaning from cardio-pulmonary bypass and weaned off in 2nd attempt were included in th...

OBJECTIVE To find out the attitudes of health professionals and family members of the deceased, about a witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure. METHODS A cross-sectional analytical study was carried out at Combined Military Hospital Lahore from January 2007 to June 2007. Two hundred and ninety persons related to 190 deceased patients, 40 physicians and 20 nurses were interviewed an...