Patient Blood Use and Survival Improvements Employing Smaller ECMO Circuits for Post-cardiotomy Cardiac Surgery Support (Video)
Jeff Riley discusses patient blood use and survival improvements with smaller ECMO circuits (17 minutes).
Plasma and Cyro: What’s in the Bag? (Video)
Dr. Yazer talks about plasma and cryo and what is really in the bag (30 minutes).
Autotransfusion in Autologous Blood Management (Video)
John Rivera discusses the role of autotransfusion in a successuful blood management program (24 minutes).
Monitoring Hemostasis with the TEG® (Video)
Mike Miller from Haemonetics Corporation discusses hemostasis monitoring with the TEG (22 minutes).
Challenging the Processes of Cell Salvage (Video)
Christine Windisch discusses the process of cell salvage while challanging some of the core principles (17 minutes).
Principles of Hemostasis in the Coumadin Clinic (Video)
Dr. Ferris discusses the principles of hemostasis in the coumadin clinic (21 minutes).
Bleeding and Clot Vulnerability (Video)
Dr. Wegner discusses the dynamics of bleeding and clot vulnerability (23 minutes).
Does the RBC Storage Lesion Matter Clinically? (Video)
Dr. Yazer discusses the deleterious clinical effects of RBC storage (36 minutes).
Economics of Blood Management (Video)
Janet farwell discusses the econimoics of blood management with the Hemobag (22 minutes).
Factors Influencing Blood Transfusion Requirements in Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting on the Arrested Heart
We investigated factors associated with transfusion requirements in totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass on the arrested heart (AH-TECAB).
Modified Ultrafiltration Attenuates Pulmonary-Derived Inflammatory Mediators in Response to Cardiopulmonary Bypass
We evaluated pulmonary inflammation in piglets undergoing CPB followed by MUF.
Heparinized Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits and Low Systemic Anticoagulation: An Analysis of Nearly 6000 Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Heparin coating of cardiopulmonary bypass circuits reduces the inflammatory response and increases the thromboresistance during extracorporeal circulation. These properties enables a lower systemic heparin dose, which has been shown to reduce the need for blood transfusions. Experience with this technique accumulated over 11 years has been analyzed.