Frequency Rate of Atelectasis in Patients Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft and Its Associated Factors at Mazandaran Heart Center in 2013-2014.

Introduction: As the most common postoperative pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery, atelectasis is one of the most important and serious early postoperative complications and one of the most important causes of prolonged hospitalization, increased costs, and mortality rise. Therefore, the present study was aimed at specifying the frequency of atelectasis in patients following coronary artery bypass graft and its associated factors in Mazandaran Heart Center in 2013-2014.

Materials: The present investigation was a descriptive cross-sectional study in which sequential sampling was used.

Frequency rate of atelectasis in patients following coronary artery bypass graft and its associated factors at mazandaran heart center in 2013-2014.

Background And Aim: As the most common postoperative pulmonary complication after cardiac surgery, atelectasis is one of the most important and serious early postoperative complications and one of the most important causes of prolonged hospitalization, increased costs, and mortality rise. Therefore, the present study was aimed at specifying the frequency of atelectasis in patients following coronary artery bypass graft and its associated factors in Mazandaran Heart Center in 2013-2014.

Materials And Methods: The present investigation was a descriptive cross-sectional study in which sequential sampling was used.