ArticleIndian journal of anaesthesia2026
Thoracic fluid content as a predictor of ventilatory weaning and postoperative pulmonary complications in infants undergoing open heart surgery: A prospective observational study.
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Background and Aims: Infants undergoing open heart surgery (OHS) are at potential risk of postoperative pulmonary complications due to fluid overload following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), which may delay weaning from mechanical ventilation. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the postoperative thoracic fluid content (TFC) by electrical cardiometry in predicting successful weaning from mechanical ventilation in infants undergoing OHS. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted in a tertiary referral cardiac centre over a 1-year period, from July 2022 to June 2023, and 100 infants undergoing elective OHS were analysed. Postoperatively, TFC was evaluated for prediction of extubation and pulmonary complications. Also, conventional lung ultrasound (LUS) and chest radiographs were correlated. The association with CPB duration, aortic clamp time, and postoperative clinical variables were assessed for ventilatory duration, intensive care unit, and hospital length of stay in this cohort of infants. Results: In this study, 64 patients underwent successful weaning from mechanical ventilation (Group SW) within 12 hours following surgery ( Conclusion: TFC > 45 kΩ
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