Factors associated to hypoxemia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Abstract

Introduction: Hypoxemia is a frequent pulmonary complication in the postoperative coronary artery bypass graft. Detection of factors associated with their occurrence may indicate patients at risk for this complication, which allows tracing specific therapeutic and consequently reduce morbidity and mortality.Objective: To identify related factors to hypoxemia occurrence in immediate coronary artery bypass graft postoperative.Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we studied 100 patients submitted to elect…