The Effect of Carbon Dioxide Insufflation on Cognitive Function During Cardiac Surgery
Although CO(2) insufflation is generally a safe procedure there are case reports of significant complications. The aim of this systematic review is to analyze the current evidence for this practice.
Patient Directed Arterial Pressure During Aortic Surgery (EP Video)
Dr. Poullis discusses patient-directed arterial pressures during aortic surgery (7:35 minutes).
Adequacy of Anticoagulation Measured by Activated Clotting Time Prior to Cardiopulmonary Bypass (EP Video)
Yvonne Bosch discusses anticogulation measurement by activated clotting time prior to CPB (12:00 minutes).
Oxygen Delivery and Development of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiopulmonary Bypass (EP Video)
John Higgins discusses acute kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass (13:07 minutes).
Patient Directed Flow During Aortic Surgery (EP Video)
Dr. Poullis discusses his technique for patient-directed flow during aortic surgery (9:29 minutes).
Optimal ACT During Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Isolated CABG (EP Video)
Dr. Poulliss discusses the optimal ACT during cardiopulmonary bypass for isolated CABG procedures (12:02 minutes).
Is It Really A No Brainer? Comparison of Three Cerebral Oximetry Devices (EP Video)
Ty Walker presents and evaluation of all three cerebral oximetry devices currently on the market (13:33 minutes).
ECMO for Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Severe Hypovolemic Respiratory Failure from Silicone Embolism (EP Video)
Linda Mongero presents a case report on ECMO used on a patient with silicone embolism (13:17 minutes).
Initial Harvest Findings from the International Consortium for Evidence-Based Perfusion Registry Pilot (EP Video)
Donny Likosky discusses the initial findings from their registry pilot program (14:37 minutes).
Bubbles During Cardiopulmonary Bypass (EP Video)
Dr. Michael Poullis discusses air versus helium to reduce microbubbles during cardiopulmonary bypass (8:32 minutes).
Health Care: Past, Present and Future (Video)
Dr. Uhlig discusses health care in the United States, past, present and future (49:11 minutes).
The Efficacy of Washing Allogeneic Blood to Decrease the Systemic Inflammatory Response (EP Video)
Carla Bistrick discusses the proposition of washing packed red cells to decrease the systemic inflammatory response (12:38 minutes).