title: [Postoperative cardiac intensive care for patients with thoracic cancer: analysis of 430 cases].
abstract: 430 patients with thoracic cancer were given intensive care after major thoracic surgery. Of those 188 (43.72%) developed cardiac complication during their stay in ICU and 2 (0.46%) died. The results indicated that postoperative cardiac complications were closely related to the patients age, preoperative concomitant cardiovascular diseases, duration of operation, hypoxemia, hypercapnia, and surgical complications. Postoperative cardiac intensive care could reduce the mortality rate.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002299:Cardia; D003422:Critical Care; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*