POSTOPERATIVE AND RECOVERY AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY - HEART DISEASES

Post-operative and Recovery after Cardiac Surgery



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The postoperative period of cardiac surgery consists of resting, preferably in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in the first 48 hours after the procedure. This is because in the ICU there are all the equipment that can be used to monitor the patient in this initial phase, in which there are greater chances of electrolytic disturbances, such as sodium and potassium, arrhythmia or cardiac arrest, which is an emergency situation in which the heart stops beating or starts beating slowly, which can lead to death