Shazia Noreen, Abdul Wadood Khalid, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Madiha Iqbal, Shamila Afshan.
Incidence of hepatitis b surface antigen seroconversion in patients undergoing cardiac surgery at atertiary care cardiac institute.
J Cardiovascular Dis Jan ;11(2):37-9.

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs-Ag) in patients undergoing cardiac METHODS: One hundred consecutive patients admitted for cardiac surgery at Cardiac Surgery department, Punjab Institute of Cardiology , Lahore. All patients testing negative for HBs-Ag preoperatively were selected. They were called 04-06 months after surgery to re-assess the HBs-Ag status. RESULTS: Out of the 100 followed, 3(3%) patients tested positive for HBs-Ag, 04-06 months after cardiac surgery procedure. CONCLUSION: Cardiac surgery is a safe procedure as far as risk of HBs-Ag seroconversion is concerned; 3% of the patients got HBs-Ag seroconversion. More stringent diagnostic and precautionary measures for further reduction in spread of Hepatitis B virus infection are mandated. KEYWORDS: Hepatitis B virus infection, HBs-Ag seroconversion, cardiac surgery

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