Patient Safety Issues: Leave Your Ego Out of the Room (EP Video)
Susan Englert discuess patient safety issues in the operating room (38:14 minutes).
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Susan Englert discuess patient safety issues in the operating room (38:14 minutes).
In this article, we describe the case of a diabetic patient with COVID-19 and a concomitant 3-vessel disease with a formal indication for surgical revascularization, who unexpectedly presented with a high heparin resistance during cardiopulmonary bypass.
This review discusses currently available techniques that can be used intraoperatively in an attempt to avoid or minimize fluid balance positiveness, to preserve the patient's own red blood cells, and to decrease blood product utilization during cardiac surgery.