Association Between Arterial Carbon Dioxide Tension and Clinical Outcomes in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Initial arterial carbon dioxide tension tension was independently associated with mortality in this cohort of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients.
Processes and Tools to Improve Teamwork and Communication in Surgical Settings: A Narrative Review
The purpose of this narrative review is to identify and summarise leading practices, tools and resources for effective communication and teamwork during surgical care including the immediate preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases.
Hematologic Concerns in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
This review aims to broadly introduce modern ECMO practices, circuit designs, circuit materials, hematologic complications, transfusion‐related considerations, age‐ and size‐related differences, and considerations for choosing outcome measures.
Music Intervention in Pain Relief of Cardiovascular Patients in Cardiac Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Considering all the possible benefits, music intervention may provide an effective complement for the relief of cardiac procedural pain.
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Concentration of Circulating Microparticles: A New Biomarker of Acute Heart Failure after Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
These data suggested that the concentration of circulating MPs might be a new biomarker for the occurrence of AHF after cardiac surgery with CPB.
Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Pathophysiology and Diagnostic Modalities and Management
This literature review aims to define the pathophysiology of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury, the current definition and classification of acute kidney injury and the available diagnostic modalities, especially the use of biomarkers.
Thromboelastometry And A Hemostasis Management System are Most Beneficial for Guiding Hemostatic Therapy in Cardiac Surgery Patients with a Euroscore II of ≥1.83%: A Randomized Controlled Two-Step Trial
POC testing is beneficial for cardiac surgery patients with a EuroSCORE II of ≥1.83%.
Has Venoarterial Ecmo Been Underutilized in Covid-19 Patients?
This outbreak of infectious disease could enable an improved understanding of ARDS and a more precise use of therapeutics as ECMO and different configurations with a tailor-made treatment.
Changes in the Concentrations of Mediators in Exhaled Breath Condensate during Cardiac Valve Replacement under Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Their Relations with Postoperative Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
EBC analysis could be used to predict the high incidence of ARDS after cardiac valve replacement under CPB.
Application of Goal-Directed Therapy for the Use of Concentrated Antithrombin for Heparin Resistance During Cardiac Surgery
Utilization of a goal-directed algorithm for the administration of antithrombin for the treatment of heparin resistance is effective in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.