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:
The results indicate that a single low-dose of methylprednisolone (10mg/kg) reduces the inflammatory reaction during and after CPB, by inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine release and OFR generation after release of the aortic cross-clamp.
This prospective study was undertaken in order to investigate the impact of the systemic infusion of high volume crystalloid cardioplegia on the incidence of hypercirculatory instability and inflammatory mediator release in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.