Mechanical ventilation for cardiac support.
Postoperative lung injury is a common, although decreasing, complication of cardiac surgery. This article discusses various means to prevent and minimize postoperative lung injury. These include lung-protective strategies, pharmacologic strategies, and mechanical ventilation.
Raikhelkar
Jayashree K
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Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA. jraikhelkar@yahoo.com
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015300:Ventilator Weaning / Q000379:methods*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones