EVALUATION OF THE USE AND EFFICACY OF INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMP IN CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS
Pappa Despoina*, Manthou Panagiota, Kouka Aikaterini, Taprantzis Georgios, Lioliousis Georgios, Bouzis Evangelos and Manna Ibrahim
ABSTRACT
Background: The provision of specialized health care to patients undergoing cardiac surgery is based on the investigation and complete understanding of risk factors. During the perioperative period, the placement of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is quite common, both to support circulation through the increase of cardiac output and for the parallel action of cardio- and vasoactive drugs. Aim & Methods: The aim of the study was to investigate the use and efficacy of IABP in patients who had a heart surgery. Ninety eight patients of 3176 were chosen for this study and have been under IABP therapy perioperatively. These patients were assessed through report forms during their intensive care unit (ICU) stay about their medical history, admission details, blood tests results, surgery procedure, perioperative data. Results: Mean time duration of the IABP stay was 74 hours. It was used in patients of significantly older age with increased creatinine serum levels and decreased ejection fraction-EF (p
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