Early postoperative XXXX after heart transplantation.

@entity1 @entity1143 @entity3126 @entity55 @entity649 @entity260 @entity891 @entity358
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the types, incidence, and risk factors for early postoperative @entity358 in heart transplant recipients. METHODS: We retrospectively collected data from the records of consecutive heart transplantations from January 2003 to December 2013. A total of 83 @entity1 underwent heart transplantation. The data collected for each case were demographic features, duration of mechanical ventilation, respiratory problems that developed during the intensive care unit (ICU) stay, and early postoperative mortality (<30  d). RESULTS: Of the 72 @entity1 considered, 52 (72.2%) were male. The overall mean age at the time of transplantation was 32.1    16.6 years. Twenty-five @entity1 (34.7%) developed @entity260 . The most frequent problem was @entity1143 (n  = 19; 26.4%), followed by @entity891 (n  = 6; 8.3%), acute @entity649 (n  = 5; 6.9%), @entity3126 (n  = 4; 5.6%), and @entity55 (n  = 3; 4.2%). Postoperative duration of mechanical ventilation (44.2    59.2  h vs 123.8    190.8 h; P  = .005) and the length of postoperative ICU stay (10.1    5.8  h vs 19.8    28.9 h; P  = .03) were longer among @entity1 who had respiratory problems. Postoperative length of stay in the hospital (22.3    12.5  d vs 30.3    38.3 d; P  = .75) was similar in the 2 groups. The overall mortality rate was 12.5% (n  = 9). The @entity1 who had respiratory problems did not show higher mortality than those who did not have respiratory problems (16.0% vs 10.6%; P  = .71). CONCLUSIONS: Respiratory complications were relatively common in our cohort of heart transplant recipients. However, these complications were mostly self-limiting and did not result in worse mortality.
