Abstract:Among patients undergoing on-pump cardiac surgery (cardiopulmonary bypass -CPB), there is a population of patients who, shortly after the end of the procedure (and CPB), exhibit symptoms of generalized hypotension related to very low systemic vascular resistance, the treatment of which requires very large doses of vasoconstrictors. This clinical condition is known as vasodilatation or vasoplegic shock (a distributive shock). Risk factors of postoperative vasoplegia such as initial patient condition, preoperati… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.