AmSECT Perfusion Safety Sessions (Video CME)
4.0 Category I CEU Awarded (ABCP)
Instructions:
- Watch the video presentation
- Take the AmSECT Safety Session Quiz
World's Largest Resource for Cardiovascular Perfusion
4.0 Category I CEU Awarded (ABCP)
Instructions:
In this systematic review, we evaluated available data for adult patients to determine (1) whether decrements in cerebral oximetry during cardiac surgery are associated with stroke, postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), or delirium; and (2) whether interventions aimed at correcting cerebral oximetry decrements improve neurologic outcomes.
We reconfirmed that the ROTEM device enables discrimination of the effects heparin and protamine on coagulation and detection of the coagulation-impairing effects of protamine overdosage. Furthermore, we were able to show a positive effect on coagulation times by heparin in the presence of protamine overdosage.
We sought to determine whether Methylene blue (MB) improved blood pressure in postcardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) vasoplegic syndrome (VS) in a complex cardiac surgery population. Furthermore, to determine variables that predicted response to MB.