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Núñez Moreno FA, Ortiz Higareda V, Hernández Trejo LL, Acosta Gaxiola LE. Acute Cholecystitis Complicating Cardiac Disease: A Cohort Study From a Tertiary Care Center in Mexico City, Mexico. Cureus 2024; 16:e53915. [PMID: 38465030 PMCID: PMC10924644 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.53915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Background Acute cholecystitis (AC) presents as inflammation of the gallbladder, predominantly attributed to gallstones obstructing the cystic duct. Another notable etiology is ischemic cholecystitis, often stemming from severe illnesses that compromise blood flow to the splanchnic system. Individuals with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions or undergoing cardiopulmonary surgery encounter elevated risks of gastrointestinal pathology, leading to heightened morbidity and mortality rates. In these cases, AC stands out as a significant concern, whether it originates from gallstones or is acalculous (ischemic). Methods We conducted a single-center, retrospective cohort study at the National Medical Center in Mexico City, Mexico. We included demographic, clinical, laboratory, preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative data. Our main objectives were to describe the characteristics of our population and identify predictors of major complications following surgery for AC in patients with heart disease. Results Our study encompassed 18 patients diagnosed with both AC and cardiac disease, with acute myocardial infarction being the leading cause of admission, constituting 38.9% of cases. The clinical presentation was characterized by right hypochondrial pain, observed in all patients, while Murphy's sign was evident in 44.4% of cases. Additionally, various non-specific symptoms were present in varying percentages across the patient cohort. Concerning imaging studies, 88% of our cohort underwent ultrasound (USG), while computed tomography (CT) was utilized in 55% of patients. Among those who had USG, the most prevalent findings were gallbladder wall thickening in 56% and perivesicular fluid in 37.5%. In patients who underwent CT scans, the predominant observations included perivesicular fluid in 66% and perivesicular fat stranding in 55%. In terms of intraoperative findings, gallbladder empyema and necrosis were the most common findings identified in 55.6% of the cases. After surgery, 61.1% had no complications or developed mild complications, while 11.1% experienced moderate to severe complications without resulting in death; the mortality rate was 27.8% in our cohort. Overall, major complications or death were present in 38.9% of our cohort. In the postoperative data analysis, the use of mechanical ventilation and vasopressors showed a significant correlation with increased morbidity and mortality. Conclusions Our study contributes valuable information to the international literature, providing insights into the complications faced by the Mexican population in the context of heart diseases, particularly among patients suffering from cholecystitis. Within individuals with cardiac disease, the occurrence of AC requiring surgical intervention is associated with heightened morbidity and mortality rates, with our cohort experiencing rates as high as 38.9%. Consistent with findings in the international literature, these results underscore the critical importance of continuing the search for novel clinical or laboratory predictors for this high-risk population. While most parameters assessed in this study did not show any correlation with major complications, exceptions were observed in postoperative vasopressors and mechanical ventilation.
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- Gastrointestinal Surgery, Hospital de Especialidades, UMAE Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, MEX
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- Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hospital de Cardiologia, UMAE Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, MEX
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Liu S, Ma J, Gao J, Zhang L, Liu W, Lin D, Yang Z. Risk Factors and Early Outcomes for Gastrointestinal Complications in Patients Undergoing Open Surgery for Type A Aortic Dissection. Am Surg 2023; 89:5450-5458. [PMID: 36788032 DOI: 10.1177/00031348231156768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal complications need to be paid more attention, especially in critically ill patients. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors and short-term outcomes of gastrointestinal complications after open surgery for type A aortic dissection. METHODS A retrospective single-institutional study including patients who underwent open surgery for type A aortic dissection during 2012-2020 was conducted. Univariate analysis and logistic regression analysis were used to identify risk factors associated with gastrointestinal complications. The related clinical outcomes were compared between the patients with and without gastrointestinal complications. RESULTS Among the 2746 patients, 150 developed gastrointestinal complications. The development of gastrointestinal complications contributed to the higher rate of mortality (P = .008), longer stay in the intensive care unit (P < .001), and longer hospital stay (P < .001). Logistic regression analysis showed that age (odds ratio [OR] 1.020; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.005-1.057; P = .011), American Society of Anesthesiologists classification greater than grade III (OR 1.724; 95%CI 1.179-2.521, P = .005), pre-induction mean arterial pressure (OR 0.978; 95%CI 0.965-0.990, P = .001), aortic cross-clamp time (OR 1.012; 95%CI 1.005-1.019, P = .001), cardiopulmonary bypass time (OR 1.007; 95%CI 1.002-1.011, P = .002), and intraoperative transfusion of red blood cells (OR 1.214; 95%CI 1.122-1.314, P = .001) were independent risk factors for gastrointestinal complications. CONCLUSIONS The incidence of gastrointestinal complications after open surgery for type A aortic dissection was 5.5%, resulting in increased mortality and prolonged hospital stay. It is necessary to take suitable strategies to reduce the incidence of gastrointestinal complications.
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- Shuo Liu
- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
- Department of Anesthesiology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Li ZQ, Zhang W, Guo Z, Du XW, Wang W. Risk factors of gastrointestinal bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass in children: a retrospective study. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1224872. [PMID: 37795489 PMCID: PMC10545956 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1224872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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Background During cardiac surgery that involved cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedure, gastrointestinal (GI) system was known to be vulnerable to complications such as GI bleeding. Our study aimed to determine the incidence and risk factors associated with GI bleeding in children who received CPB as part of cardiac surgery. Methods This retrospective study enrolled patients aged <18 years who underwent cardiac surgery with CPB from 2013 to 2019 at Shanghai Children's Medical Center. The primary outcome was the incidence of postoperative GI bleeding in children, and the associated risk factors with postoperative GI bleeding episodes were evaluated. Results A total of 21,893 children who underwent cardiac surgery with CPB from 2013 to 2019 were included in this study. For age distribution, 636 (2.9%) were neonates, 10,984 (50.2%) were infants, and 10,273 (46.9%) were children. Among the 410 (1.9%) patients with GI bleeding, 345 (84.2%) survived to hospital discharge. Incidence of GI bleeding in neonates, infants and children were 22.6% (144/636), 2.0% (217/10,984) and 0.5% (49/10,273), respectively. The neonates (22.6%) group was associated with highest risk of GI bleeding. Patients with GI bleeding showed longer length of hospital stays (25.8 ± 15.9 vs. 12.5 ± 8.9, P < 0.001) and higher mortality (15.9% vs. 1.8%, P < 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age, weight, complicated surgery, operation time, use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS), hepatic injury, artery lactate level, and postoperative platelet counts were significantly associated with increased risk of GI bleeding in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) pediatric patients that underwent CPB procedure during cardiac surgery. Conclusion The study results suggest that young age, low weight, long operation time, complicated surgery, use of ECMO, LCOS, hepatic injury, high arterial lactate level, and low postoperative platelet counts are independently associated with GI bleeding after CPB in children.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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Predictors and outcomes of gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. TURK GOGUS KALP DAMAR CERRAHISI DERGISI 2023; 31:45-55. [PMID: 36926147 PMCID: PMC10012971 DOI: 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2023.24003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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Background In this systematic review, we aimed to examine the risk factors and surgical outcomes of gastrointestinal complications using the meta-analysis techniques. Methods Studies involving patients with and without gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery were electronically searched using the PubMed database, Cochrane Library and Scopus database, between January 2000 and May 2022. Some studies on gastrointestinal complications examined only single gastrointestinal complication (only intestinal ischemia, only gastrointestinal bleeding or only liver failure). Studies evaluating at least three different gastrointestinal complications were included in the meta-analysis to reduce the heterogeneity. Cohort series that did not compare outcomes of patients with and without gastrointestinal complications, studies conducted in a country"s health system databases, review articles, small case series (<10 patients) were excluded from the meta-analysis. Results Twenty-five studies (8 prospective and 17 retrospective) with 116,105 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled incidence of gastrointestinal complications was 2.51%. Patients with gastrointestinal complications were older (mean difference [MD]=4.88 [95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.85-6.92]; p<0.001) and had longer cardiopulmonary bypass times (MD=17.7 [95% CI: 4.81-30.5]; p=0.007). In-hospital mortality occurred in 423 of 1,640 (25.8%) patients with gastrointestinal complications. In-hospital mortality was 11.8 times higher in patients with gastrointestinal complications (odds ratio [OR]=11.8 [95% CI: 9.5-14.8]; p<0.001). Conclusion The development of gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery is more commonly seen in patients with comorbidities. In-hospital mortality after cardiac surgery is 11.8 times higher in patients with gastrointestinal complications than in patients without.
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Okamoto T, Yamamoto K, Takasu A, Suzuki Y, Ikeya T, Okuyama S, Takagi K, Fujita N, Misumi H, Fukuda K. Findings and outcomes of emergent endoscopies after cardiovascular surgery. JGH Open 2022; 6:179-184. [PMID: 35355672 PMCID: PMC8938761 DOI: 10.1002/jgh3.12717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Takeshi Okamoto
- Department of Gastroenterology St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
- Division of Hepato‐Biliary‐Pancreatic Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology St. Luke's International Hospital Tokyo Japan
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Hess NR, Seese LM, Hong Y, Afflu D, Wang Y, Thoma FW, Kilic A. Gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery: Incidence, predictors, and impact on outcomes. J Card Surg 2021; 36:894-901. [PMID: 33428223 DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence, predictors, and long-term impact of gastrointestinal (GI) complications following adult cardiac surgery. METHODS Index Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) adult cardiac operations performed between January 2010 and February 2018 at a single institution were included. Patients were stratified by the occurrence of postoperative GI complications. Outcomes included early and late survival as well as other associated major postoperative complications. A subanalysis of propensity score-matched patients was also performed. RESULTS A total of 10,285 patients were included, and the overall rate of GI complications was 2.4% (n = 246). Predictors of GI complications included dialysis dependency, intra-aortic balloon pump, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and longer aortic cross-clamp times. Thirty-day (2.6% vs. 24.8%), 1- (6.3% vs. 41.9%), and 3-year (11.1% vs. 48.4%) mortality were substantially higher in patients who experienced GI complications (all p < .001). GI complication was associated with a threefold increased hazard for mortality (hazard ratio = 3.1, 95% confidence interval = 2.6-3.7) after risk adjustment, and there was an association between the occurrence of GI complications and increased rates of renal failure (39.4% vs. 2.5%), new dialysis dependency (31.3% vs. 1.5%), multisystem organ failure (21.5% vs .1.0%), and deep sternal wound infections (2.6% vs. 0.2%; all p < .001). These results persisted in propensity-matched analysis. CONCLUSION GI complications are infrequent but have a profound impact on early and late survival, and often occur in association with other major complications. Risk factor modification, heightened awareness, and early detection and management of GI complications appear warranted.
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- Nicholas R Hess
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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