Heading Up North: 5th Annual Michigan Perfusion Meeting
Click image to view meeting details August 2 – 4, 2013 Crystal Mountain Resort Thompsonville, Michigan 5th Annual Michigan Perfusion Meeting This […]
Cold Agglutinins
Literature: Click image to view source article Cold Agglutinins in Cardiac Surgery: Management of Myocardial Protection and Cardiopulmonary Bypass CAs are autoantibodies […]
Heparin: Factors Affecting & it’s Effects [Reprint]
HEPARIN ONSET: Maximal at 1 minute past atrial delivery: Measured at radial artery. Note: 10-20% reduction in svr without affecting c.o. and […]
1st Jilin Heart Academy Workshop in China: Summer 2013
Surfer’s Co-Editor Anna Lou Villena, perfusionist (Right) with friend @ prior event- June 8th 2013 Jilan Heart Center Changchun, China 1st Jilan […]
Around the (Distant) Pump Room by Martin Gill, CCP.
An AMAZING Perfusion Publication ! (Contact Martin on how to Subscribe) Media Journalism by… Martin Gill: Perfusionist Editor (former), ANCZP Gazette email […]
Protamine Reaction
“It binds to heparin to form a stable ion pair which does not have anticoagulant activity; on its own, protamine has a […]
Malignant Hyperthermia
Editor’s Note: Just a brief primer on Malignant Hyperthermia, should the need ever arise to place a patient on CPB who has […]
Jehovah’s Witness & Open Heart Bypass
Jehova’s Winesses: A Background Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the Bible prohibits ingesting blood and that Christians should therefore not accept blood transfusions […]
Sickle Cell Anemia & CPB
I. DESCRIPTION: Sickle Cell hemoglobinopathy is a single gene recessive disorder that involves an abnormality of the hemoglobin (Hgb) molecule. This disorder […]
Career Perfusionist: [13] The Extracorporeal Circuit
The Extracorporeal Circuit Diversion of blood from the operative site, via an extracorporeal circuit (ECC) is necessary to proceed with open heart […]
GESTIONE DELL’INSUFFICIENZA CARDIO-RESPIRATORIA IN ETA’ NEONATALE E PEDIATRICA CON SUPPORTI EXTRACORPOREI
Click to View Details Contact: Segreteria Organizzativa: Ufficio Organizzazione Eventi Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù Piazza S. Onofrio, 4 ‐ 00165 Roma Tel: […]
Coagulation Issues: Fibrinolysis & HIT: Helpful Graphics
Fibrinolysis Fibrinolysis is the dissolution of the clot formation process involving the plasma protein plasminogen. This system of enzymes dissolves blood clots […]