Psychiatric sequelae to cardiotomy
Summers, W.K.
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 20(5): 471-476
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9509 PMID: 315941 Document Number: 154054
Eight of twenty-six subjects undergoing cardiotomy had a diagnosable psychiatric syndrome after surgery. No difference between psychiatric and non-psychiatric cases was noted with respect to demographic data, pre-operative medical psychiatric history, anesthesia time, serial laboratory studies, or environment. Post-operative psychiatric cases, however, did have significantly higher exposure to psychoactive drugs during the pre- and post-operative period.