Modified Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit for the Use of the Angiovac® System in a Case with High Paradoxical Embolization Risk
We describe a modified cardiopulmonary bypass circuit for the use of the AngioVac® system that enables full cardiopulmonary support and reduces paradoxical thromboembolic risk.
Nothing Soft about ‘Soft Skills’: Core Competencies in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Education and Practice
The study findings are encouraging in that they demonstrate that these two education programmes had positive effects at different levels.
COVID-19: Coagulopathy, Risk of Thrombosis, and the Rationale for Anticoagulation
Besides the anticoagulant effect of LMWH, nonanticoagulant properties such as the reduction in interleukin 6 release have been shown to improve the complex picture of coagulopathy in patients with COVID-19.
Consider Heightened Awareness of Propofol Infusion Syndrome after Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Decannulation
The authors describe an interesting case of propofol infusion syndrome developing in a patient who was recently decannulated from VA ECMO.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support: Focus on Airway Management, Vasopressor Selection, and Rescue Therapy with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
It remains essential that the evidence and guidelines surrounding cardiac arrest in our patient populations be familiar to us all.
Brain Injury and Neurologic Outcome in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Further research on assessing predictors of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation-associated brain injury is necessary.
Respiratory Dialysis—A Novel Low Bicarbonate Dialysate to Provide Extracorporeal Co2 Removal
Bicarbonate dialysis results in Co2 removal at rates comparable with existing low-flow extracorporeal Co2 removal in a large animal model, but the final dialysis dose delivered needs to be reduced before the technique can be used for prolonged periods.
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.
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.