Transcription of Gastrointestinal Complications Following Heart Surgery: An ...
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INTRODUCTIONG astrointestinal (GI) Complications occurring after cardiac surgery are considered as second line com-plications due to their scarcity. Cardiac surgeons, ICU staff and nursing personnel are usually aware and suspicious of cardiac-related mishappenings after Heart surgery; however they often tend to underestimate potentially lethal manifestations in-volving the Gastrointestinal track, or organs of the abdomen and subsequent Complications because of their relative infrequency and the fact that they lack a visible connection to the primary target or-gan of the operation. These Complications range from a simple, tempo-rary paralytic ileus, to more grave, highly perilous conditions, such as Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, acalculous cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, liver fail-ure or mesenteric ischemia (Table 1). A total mortal-ity rate of speaks for itself regarding the gravity of these nosological entities [2-13].
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE VOL I ISSUE III 35 Another study that comprised a large number of participants was of Venkateswaran, which identified the incidence of acute …
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