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  • Anesthesiology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Early postoperative complications significantly impact cardiac surgery outcomes, especially in LMICs with limited perioperative data.
  • Understanding complication incidence and risk factors is crucial for improving patient care in these settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the incidence and types of early postoperative complications within 24 hours of cardiac surgery.
  • To evaluate preoperative risk profiles using Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation (CARE) and EuroSCORE II in an LMIC cohort.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective single-center cohort study of 108 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (2017-2021).
  • Collected baseline clinical and surgical data; recorded early postoperative complications by organ system.
  • Calculated CARE and EuroSCORE II preoperatively; performed descriptive analysis and assessed CARE's discriminative ability for morbidity.

Main Results:

  • 43.5% of patients experienced early postoperative complications, predominantly cardiovascular (38.9%).
  • Other frequent complications included renal (10.2%), infectious (8.3%), and respiratory (7.4%).
  • Cardiac Anesthesia Risk Evaluation (CARE) demonstrated limited to moderate discrimination for predicting morbidity (AUC 0.67).

Conclusions:

  • Early postoperative morbidity is prevalent in this LMIC cardiac surgery cohort, with cardiovascular complications being the most common.
  • The limited discriminative power of CARE suggests cautious interpretation and highlights the necessity for enhanced perioperative outcome surveillance.
  • Improved monitoring systems are essential for better management of cardiac surgery patients in resource-limited settings.