[Acute respiratory distress syndrome after heart surgery: a comparative study between coronary artery bypass operations and other cardiac operations in adults]

ABSTRACT

To study the role of the arterial hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus and low Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction [LVEF] in the incidence of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [ARDS] after coronary artery bypass operations. This perspective study included 732 Coronary Artery Bypass Graft operations [CABG] and 912 other cardiac operations during the period between 1995 and 2005. While Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome [ARDS] occurred in 2% of on-pump CABG operation, its incidence was only 0.4% is other on-pump cardiac operations. None of the off-pump CABG operations were complicated by ARDS. The role of arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking and low LVEF is very important in inducing ARDS in on-pump CABG operations