What should we pay attention to after cardiac surgery

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Congenital heart surgery is the operation of congenital heart disease. If the operation is successful, the patients can live and learn like normal people. Postoperative nursing is very important. Now let's see what we need to pay attention to after cardiac surgery.

What should we pay attention to after cardiac surgery

First of all: Patients with congenital heart disease are relatively weak after discharge. They should pay attention to rest, don't watch too much TV and play, ensure enough sleep, maintain appropriate temperature and humidity, and don't smoke in the bedrooms where patients live. In order to keep the air fresh, they can open the window for half an hour in the afternoon every day. When opening the window, they should pay attention to keeping warm, and the time should not be too long Long.

Second: patients should pay attention to supplement nutrition after discharge, generally no special taboo, but should eat high value and easy to digest food, such as lean meat, fish, eggs, fruits and vegetables. In general, patients with complex deformities, heart failure and persistent postoperative congestive heart failure should strictly control the salt intake. Adults should control the salt intake at 4-8g per day, children should control the salt intake at 2-4G per day, and give easy to digest soft food, such as chaos, noodles, porridge, etc.

Finally: for the patients with smooth operation, satisfactory deformity correction and rapid postoperative recovery, they generally do not limit their activities after discharge, and their cardiac function is in grade I and II, they can do some physical activities within their ability in daily life according to the situation, and the amount of activity should not cause fatigue. The range of activities should be indoor first and then outdoor. Most of the patients can go to school or go to work after 3 months if there is no change in their condition after they leave the hospital, and they will gradually change from light work to normal work.

matters needing attention

It takes a long time for the heart to return to normal or basically normal. After discharge, don't rush to exercise, pay attention to rest, keep physical strength, and don't be too tired to prevent the burden on the heart, thus affecting the recovery of the disease.