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Rev. cuba. anestesiol. reanim ; 11(3): 192-201, sep.-dic. 2012.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-739101

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Introducción: la elevación de la expectativa de vida de la población se deduce por el aumento de pacientes que se operan en edades superiores a los 60 años, y una gran cantidad lo hace de manera urgente. Objetivo: describir la morbilidad y la mortalidad anestésicas de origen cardiovascular, en el paciente geriátrico intervenido quirúrgicamente de urgencia. Métodos: se realizó un estudio descriptivo, prospectivo y longitudinal de 123 pacientes mayores de 60 años en el Hospital General Docente "Leopoldito Martínez", durante el período comprendido entre enero de 2010 y diciembre de 2011. Los datos fueron recogidos de las historias clínicas y los protocolos de anestesia. Resultados: se presentaron antecedentes patológicos cardiovasculares en 34,1 % de los pacientes y predominó la hipertensión arterial en 15,4 %. El factor de riesgo más frecuente fue el hábito de fumar (26,8 %), y la herniorrafia fue la intervención más practicada en urgencia (33,3 %). El método anestésico más empleado fue la anestesia general, en 68,3 % de los casos, y dentro de ella, la anestesia general orotraqueal. Las complicaciones cardiovasculares fueron más frecuentes y ocurrieron en el período transoperatorio. Fallecieron 5 pacientes (4,1 %) y ninguna muerte fue imputable al proceder anestésico. Conclusiones: la morbilidad anestésica de origen cardiovascular en el paciente geriátrico intervenido quirúrgicamente de urgencia tuvo relación directa con la mortalidad.


Introduction: as a result of the increase in life expectancy, more patients aged over 60 undergo surgery, and a large number of them undergo emergency surgery. Objective: describe anesthetic morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular origin in geriatric patients undergoing emergency surgery. Methods: a prospective longitudinal descriptive study was conducted of 123 patients aged over 60 at Leopoldito Martínez General Teaching Hospital from January 2010 to December 2011. The data were collected from medical records and anesthesia protocols. Results: 34.1 % of the patients had a history of cardiovascular disease, and arterial hypertension was predominant in 15.4 %. Smoking was the most frequent risk factor (26.8 %), and herniorrhaphy was the most common emergency intervention (33.3 %). The anesthetic method most frequently used was general anesthesia (68.3 %), with a predominance of general orotracheal anesthesia. Most cardiovascular complications appeared during the transoperative period. Five patients died (4.1 %), with no death attributable to the anesthetic procedure applied. Conclusions: a direct relationship was found between anesthetic morbidity of cardiovascular origin and mortality in geriatric patients undergoing emergency surgery.

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Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society ; : 367-371, 2003.
Article in Korean | WPRIM | ID: wpr-127775

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Atrial fibrillation(AF) diagnosed by fibrillatory waves of atrial activity and an irregular ventricular response on ECG is a common arrhythmia associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mor- tality. The incidence of AF increases markedly with advancing age and the presence of congestive heart failure. Most patients with AF can be attributed to organic heart disease such as rheumatic, atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease. But there is an increasing awareness of so-called lone AF which has no underlying cardiac or metabolic abnormality. We report a case of paroxysmal AF developed just before the induction of anesthesia in a 73-year-old patient who had no history of cardiovascular disease.


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Aged , Humans , Anesthesia , Anesthesia, General , Arrhythmias, Cardiac , Atrial Fibrillation , Cardiovascular Diseases , Electrocardiography , Heart Diseases , Heart Failure , Incidence
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