SOME RISK FACTORS FOR DIGESTIVE COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDREN AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY WITH ARTIFICIAL CIRCULATION

Abstract

Purpose: to analyze some risk factors for the development of complications from the digestive system in children after cardiac surgery with artificial circulation.
Materials and methods: The material of the research was 452 sick children aged from 3 months to 16 years, who underwent open-heart surgery using artificial circulation. The level of volatile fatty acids in feces was determined and bacteriological analysis of feces was performed.
Results: Risk factors for disorders of the digestive system are: early age of the child, prolonged stay on artificial circulation and in the ICU, the initial state of the gastrointestinal tract (dysbiosis, impaired intestinal absorption). The level of volatile fatty acids in feces can be considered one of the markers that determine the possibility and degree of damage to the digestive organs. Bacteriological confirmation of the presence of a certain microflora in the feces makes it possible to concretize the therapy of such patients.