Perfusion Policies 101: Anticoagulation Reversal
Renee Toth, BS, CCP Editor’s Note: Renee is a colleague I work with quite often. She is an amazing perfusionist as […]
Management of weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass after cardiac surgery
Editor’s Note: Oddly enough, I was searching for some information regarding observed hypotensive states post CPB- associated with pump blood reinfusion, when […]
Heater/Cooler Survey Results are In!
Editor’s Note: Well… I started this survey back in the Fall of last year. (Click image above to view or take […]
Perfusion Policies 101: Gas Embolism
Editor’s Note: PERFUSION POLICIES 101 Welcome to PERFUSION POLICIES 101. This will be a continuing series provided to assist your programs with […]
Perfusion Policies 101: Cold Agglutinins
Editor’s Note: PERFUSION POLICIES 101 Welcome to PERFUSION POLICIES 101. This will be a continuing series provided to assist your programs with […]
IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE: RE; Heater Cooler Mediated Infections
Editor’s Note: I received this email from Bryan Lich, President of Perfusion.com, and I felt it was important enough to disseminate to […]
The Heater Cooler Conundrum: Has the Sky Fallen?
“If anyone has a chart or list/table that compares all of the current Heater Coolers, that would go a long way to […]
Perfusion Policies 101: Angiomax
Editor’s Note: The use of alternatives to heparin in terms of managing anicoagulation doesn’t come up often. It’s easy to get a […]
Desmospressin: A Primer on DDAVP
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Unexpected Air: An ECMO Discussion
Editor’s Note: I was on FB and was visiting the Malaysian Perfusion Page, monitoring a discussion regarding venous air entrainment in an […]
International CQI: Vaporizer Obstructing O2 Q
Editors Note: This is a new Section. We are trying to develop a database of common or not-so-common problems encountered by perfusionists […]
Synchronized vs. Unsynchronized Cardioversion
Courtesy of ACLS-Algotithms.com (Click image to view site) Editor’s Note: It’s funny how you can go an entire career doing something (CPB) and […]