Pulmonary Epithelial Proteins as Specific Biomarkers of Lung Injury After Cardiac Surgery

THE LUNGS and heart can be visualized as closely related neighbors, with any intervention or disease of one intricately affecting the other. Despite refinements in the perfusion, surgical, and anesthetic regimens, lung injury after cardiac surgery continues to pose a formidable diagnostic and management challenge.1 A multitude of factors, such as median sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and associated inflammatory response, blood transfusion, capillary injury, mechanical ventilation and, cardiopulmonary interactions contribute to lung injury after cardiac surgery.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research