Effect of ultrafiltration on extravascular lung water assessed by lung ultrasound in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomized prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased lung water and the resultant atelectasis are significant pulmonary complications after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in children undergoing cardiac surgery; these complications are observed after CPB than after anaesthesia alone. Ultrafiltration has been shown to decrease total body water and postoperative blood loss and improve the alveolar to arterial oxygen gradient and pulmonary compliance. This study investigated whether conventional ultrafiltration during CPB in paediatric heart surgeries influences post-bypass extravascular lung water (EVLW) assessed by lung ultrasound (LUS).

Methods

This randomized controlled study included 60 patients with congenital heart disease (ASA II-III), aged 1 to 48 months, with a body weight > 3 kg. Conventional ultrafil

SUBMITTER: Elayashy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547534 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature