Lung injury after neonatal congenital cardiac surgery is mild and modifiable by corticosteroids

After cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), the release of various inflammatory mediators and a lung ischemia-reperfusion process may lead to lung injury and lung edema (1, 2). However, more recently, very few patients tend to develop severe lung injury, and reperfusion lung edema is mostly a subclinical and self-limited condition (3, 4).

Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - January 16, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Anu K Kaskinen, Juho Keski-Nisula, Laura Martelius, Eeva Moilanen, Mari H ämäläinen, Paula Rautiainen, Sture Andersson, Olli M Pitkänen-Argillander Tags: Original Article Source Type: research