Anestesia no paciente cardiopata / Anesthesia in cardiac patients

O avanço da tecnologia permitiu que a propedêutica pré-operatória, a monitorização e a terapêutica se tornassem mais adequadas para os cardiopatas, que são, cada vez mais, submetidos aos mais complexos procedimentos cirúrgicos. A avaliação pré-anestésica é fundamental em todos os pacientes, no intuito de oferecer o melhor cuidado possível.A integração entre o anestesista, o cardiologista e o cirurgião é essencial para o sucesso no tratamento. Com o objetivo de se predizer o risco cardíaco e, mais importante que isto, formular estratégias para melhorar o estado clínico no pré-operatório, vários índices foram elaborados e reavaliados, apresentando boa correlação. O clínico envolvido no tratamento de pacientes cardiopatas deve conhecer as interações medicamentosas, exames pré-operatórios necessários e a conduta perioperatória adequada para cada situação específica.

The advancement of technology allowed the preoperative workup, monitoring and therapy to become more suitable for cardiac patients, who are increasingly undergoing the most complex surgical procedures. The pre-anesthetic evaluation is essential in all patients in order to provide the best possible care. The integration between the anesthesiologist, the cardiologist and surgeon is essential for a successful treatment. In order to predict cardiac risk and, more important than this, to formulate strategies to improve the preoperative clinical status, several indices have been prepared and reviewed, showing good correlation. The clinician involved in treating patients with heart disease should be aware of drug interactions, necessary preoperative tests and perioperative management appropriate for each specific situation.

Degree of risk related to procedures performed in conjunction with surgical myocardial revascularization in octogenarians

INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES: We determined the degree of risk produced by the association of other surgical procedures with surgical myocardial revascularization in octogenarian patients and identified the risk factors that best explain hospital mortality. METHODS: This study was an observational analytical historical cohort study involving octogenarians operated on at our institution between January 1, 2000 and January 1, 2005. We stratified the objective population as follows: Group 1 comprised octogenarians revascularized without associated procedures, and Group 2 comprised octogenarians revascularized with associated procedures. Statistical analyses included the t test for independent samples and multiple logistic regression analysis. Significance was accepted with an alpha error of 5 percent. RESULTS: Univariate analyses revealed the following clinical and statistically significant variables: hospital mortality (P=0.002), diabetes mellitus (P=0.017), preoperative endocarditis (P=0.001), cardiogenic shock (P=0.019), use of an intra-aortic balloon pump (P=0.026), preoperative risk score (Parsonnet), P<0.001, procedure associated with revascularization (P<0.001), medium number of affected coronary arteries (P<0.001), use of extracorporeal circulation (P<0.001), time of extracorporeal circulation (P<0.001), number of distal anastomoses (P=0.002), graft type (P<0.001), postoperative breathing support (P<0.001), stroke (P<0.001), infection (P=0.002), creatinine level (P=0.018), and quality of life score (P=0.050). DISCUSSION/CONCLUSIONS: In octogenarian patients, the need for a procedure associated with surgical myocardial revascularization produces an absolute increase in hospital mortality risk of 45 percent. The variables that contributed to hospital mortality were preoperative endocarditis, preoperative cardiogenic shock, the use of extracorporeal circulation, the length of time of extracorporeal circulation, postoperative creatinine level, ...