Gastrointestinal complications after cardiac surgery: 10‐year experience of a single Australian centre

ConclusionsGI complications after cardiac surgery remain an uncommon but dreadful complication associated with high mortality. Our findings should prompt a high degree of clinical vigilance in order to make an early diagnosis especially in high risk patients. Further studies aiming to identify independent predictors for GI complications after cardiac surgery are warranted.

Source: ANZ Journal of Surgery - March 26, 2013 Category: Surgery Authors: Fabiano F. Viana, Yi Chen, Aubrey A. Almeida, Heather D. Baxter, Andrew D. Cochrane, Julian A. Smith Tags: Original Article Source Type: research