Patient Blood Management (PBM): Practices & Challenges (EP Video)
Karim Jabr discusses the processes and challenges in developing a patient blood management culture (39:55 minutes).
Hereditary AT Deficiency & the Use of Thrombate III (EP Video)
Alexander Duncan discusses the use of Thrombate III for hereditary Antithrombin deficiency (43:04 minutes).
Long-Term Outcome of Children Treated with Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Increasing Problems with Increasing Age
This review aims to provide an up-to-date overview of medical and neurodevelopmental outcomes in children who as neonates received treatment with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Extracorporeal life support for the neonatal cardiac patient: Outcomes and new directions
Although survival is lower and neurologic complications are higher in premature infants than term infants, cardiac extracorporeal life support including extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation is effective in preventing death in many of these high-risk patients.
Prolonged Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Without Anticoagulation: A Case of Goodpasture Syndrome-Related Pulmonary Haemorrhage
We present a 16-year-old male with severe acute respiratory and renal failure as a result of Goodpasture syndrome, requiring venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) for pulmonary haemorrhage. The patient received no systemic anticoagulation for 25 of 26 ECMO days (20 days consecutively) and suffered no coagulation-related adverse events.
Assessment of Myocardial Viability and Left Ventricular Function in Patients Supported by a Left Ventricular Assist Device
We aimed to develop a non-invasive imaging protocol to serially quantify native cardiac structure, function, and myocardial viability while at reduced LVAD support.
The Association Between Tranexamic Acid and Convulsive Seizures after Cardiac Surgery: A Multivariate Analysis in 11 529 Patients
Convulsive seizures are a serious postoperative complication after cardiac surgery. As tranexamic acid is the only modifiable factor, its administration, particularly in doses exceeding 80 mg.kg(-1), should be weighed against the risk of postoperative seizures.
Intramyocardial Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation for Ischemic Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of intramyocardial bone marrow cell (BMC) transplant therapy for ischemic heartdisease (IHD).
Platelet-Rich Plasma Reduces Sternal Wound Infection Risk
The use of autologous platelet-rich plasma following cardiac surgery was associated with a significantly reduced incidence of sternal wound complications – and with a 50% reduction in the costs associated with such complications – in a study of 2,000 patients.
Platelet Gel in Cutaneous Radiation Dermatitis
Numerous studies and clinical findings have demonstrated that topical, non-transfusional plasma-rich platelet gel is able to accelerate the regeneration and repair of tissues through the action of the various growth factors contained within the alpha granules of platelets. This study evaluates the efficacy of autologous platelet gel, chosen for its limited cost and ease of preparation, in chronic cutaneous radiation dermatitis.
Platelet Gel: Applications in Dental Regenerative Surgery
The aim of this study was to evaluate, through three-dimensional X-ray monitoring, the amount of bone obtained after bone regeneration treatment with platelet gel from autologous PRP.
The Independent Effects of Anemia and Transfusion on Mortality after Coronary Artery Bypass
The anemia-transfusion interaction was associated with an increased hazard of late mortality