%0 Journal Article
%T Cardiopulmonary Bypass Complications in a West African Country (Senegal)
%J -
%D 2018
%X Although cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has simplified open heart surgery, it causes adverse effects on the body¡¯s systems. This study aims to report the complications related to CPB at the Cardiac Surgery Center of the University Hospital in Dakar (Senegal). This is a retrospective analytical and descriptive study covering a 24 months period (from January 2015 to December 2016). All adult and children patients who underwent open heart surgery using CPB machines were included in this study. 193 patients were eligible during this study¡¯s period. Patients' mean age was 23 ¡À 15 years (range, 2¨C65), and 52% were female patients. Two complications were observed during CPB. One case of hemolysis and one case of an impossible weaning from CPB. Post-CPB complications were allocated as follows: hematological complications (88.5%) followed by cardiovascular (56%), pleuropulmonary (22.4%), septicemia (4%), renal (3%), systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) (2%) and neurologic (1%) complications. The overall hospital mortality was 5%. One (1) patient died intra operatively and nine (9) patients in the intensive care unit. The morbidity and mortality related to CPB in our cardiac surgery center is superimposed to those of the literature
%K Cardiopulmonary Bypass
%K Complications
%K Open Heart Surgery
%U http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=355&doi=10.11648/j.ijcts.20180401.12