title: Bypass injury: implications of cardiopulmonary bypass.
abstract: Despite significant advances made in cardiac surgery over the last 2 decades, the process of bypassing the heart and lungs or cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) continues to precipitate physiologic insults that have an impact on a patient's ability to recover from open-heart surgery. This article explores some of these potential insults and reviews some of the interventions used to neutralize the impact of CPB.
authors.affiliation: Elkhart General Healthcare Sysytem, IN 46514, USA. khenke@egh.org
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Henke
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eigsti
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000451:nursing*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control