Elusive Waste The Fermi Paradox in US Health Care
Health care in the United States has its own version of the Fermi paradox.
Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Society Recommendations
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) evidence-based protocols for perioperative care can lead to improvements in clinical outcomes and cost savings.
Bispectral Index for Improving Intraoperative Awareness and Early Postoperative Recovery in Adults
To assess the effectiveness of BIS to reduce the risk of intraoperative awareness and early recovery times from general anaesthesia in adults undergoing surgery.
Perioperative Beta‐blockers for Preventing Surgery‐related Mortality and Morbidity in Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have yielded conflicting results regarding the ability of beta‐blockers to influence perioperative cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Porcine Mucosal Heparin Shortage Crisis! What Are the Options?
Current dramatic developments concerning heparins and related drugs have been the focus of important discussions at several regulatory, clinical, and scientific levels.
Impact of Age on Outcomes of Patients Assisted by Veno-arterial or Veno-venous Extra-corporeal Membrane Oxygenation: 403 Patients Between 2005 and 2015
Patients older than 65 years have higher mortality after veno-arterial extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation or veno-venous extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation.
Video Intervention to Improve Incident Reporting Among Medical Trainees
This study demonstrates that targeting non-technical barriers to incident reporting with a video intervention is an effective way to improve perceived knowledge and attitude about incident reporting.
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients: A Single Institution’s Experience
Describe the prevalence of acquired von Willebrand syndrome in pediatric patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation deemed to be at increased risk for the disease in our institution.
Anti-Factor Xa–Based Anticoagulation during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Potential Problems and Possible Solutions
Choices for monitoring of unfractionated heparin (UFH) anticoagulation in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients include activated clotting time, activated partial thromboplastin time, reaction times of viscoelastic tests, and anti-factor Xa activity.
Selective Serotonin Re-uptake Inhibitors: Risk of Blood Product Transfusion and Inotrope Requirements in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Patients undergoing cardiac surgery exhibit a high prevalence of concomitant depression.
Low Hematocrit Levels: a Risk Factor for Long-term Outcomes in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation After Cardiovascular Surgery. A Retrospective Study
While low-risk patients who undergo elective surgery can tolerate low hematocrit levels, the benefits of higher hematocrit levels might outweigh the risk of transfusion in high-risk patients.
Vasoplegia After Cardiac Surgery Is Associated With Endothelial Glycocalyx Alterations
To assess endothelial glycocalyx (EG) alteration in vasoplegic syndrome after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.