Opening Up the Box: Reflecting on the PERForm Registry’s Early Experience (EP Video)
Timothy Dickinson reflects on his early experiences with the PERForm registry (32:04 minutes).
PERForm Registry: An Insider’s Perspective (EP Video)
Carmen Leone presents details on the PERForm registry (26:40 minutes).
Perfusion Guidelines: Neurological, Temperature, Renal, Inflammation (EP Video)
Dr. Robert Baker and David Fitzgerald discusses current evidence-based perfusion guidelines on a few different subjects (78:10 minutes).
Embolic Activity During In Vivo Cardiopulmonary Bypass (EP Video)
Gordon Defoe discusses embolic activity during in vivo cardiopulmonary bypass (5:12 minutes).
Increased Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Tricuspid Valve Surgery
We aimed to determine which patients undergoing tricuspid valve (TV) surgery are at increased risk for acute kidney injury (AKI).
Cytokine Phenotype, Genotype, and Renal Outcomes at Cardiac Surgery
Cytokine profiling may help predict early and late renal dysfunction.
Fresh and Stored Red Blood Cell Transfusion Equivalently Induce Subclinical Pulmonary Gas Exchange Deficit in Normal Humans
We tested the hypothesis that transfusion can cause mild pulmonary dysfunction that has not been noticed clinically and is not sufficiently severe to fit the definition of transfusion-related acute lung injury.
Impact of Transfusion of Autologous 7- versus 42-Day-Old AS-3 Red Blood Cells on Tissue Oxygenation and the Microcirculation in Healthy Volunteers
Transfusion of 1 unit of 42-day-stored RBCs to healthy subjects has no overt detrimental effect on tissue oxygenation or the microcirculation assessed by clinically available monitors.
Decreased Coronary Microvascular Reactivity after Cardioplegic Arrest in Patients with Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus
Uncontrolled diabetes is associated with endothelium-dependent and -independent vascular dysfunction of coronary arterioles.
A Pilot Feasibility Trial of Allocation of Freshest Available Red Blood Cells versus Standard Care in Critically Ill Patients
We aimed to evaluate in intensive care unit (ICU) patients 1) the feasibility of allocating freshest available compatible RBCs versus standard care and 2) the suitability of this approach in the design of a large randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Prolonged Central Venous Desaturation Measured by Continuous Oximetry is Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
We demonstrate that ScvO₂ desaturations by continuous oximetry are associated with major adverse events in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Cell-Derived Microparticles in Stored Blood Products: Innocent-Bystanders or Effective Mediators of Post-Transfusion Reactions?
Plasma membrane-derived microvesicles or microparticles (MPs) are sub-cellular vesicles released upon shear stress, cell activation, injury or apoptosis.