Extracorporeal Life Support for Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Report of a Consensus Conference
A Consensus Conference was held in December 2013 and a jury of 13 members wrote 65 recommendations to answer the five following questions regarding the place of extracorporeal life support for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: 1) What are the available techniques?; 2) Which patients could benefit from extracorporeal life support?; 3) How to perform extracorporeal life support?; 4) How and when to stop extracorporeal life support?; 5) Which organization should be recommended?
Efficacy and Safety of Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma for the Treatment of Vascular Ulcers in Primary Care: Phase III Study
The objectives of this study are to assess the potential efficacy and safety of autologous platelet rich plasma for the treatment of venous ulcers compared to the conventional treatment (moist wound care) in primary care patients with chronic venous insufficiency (C, clinical class, E, etiology, A, anatomy and P, pathophysiology classification C6).
Surgical Management of Dissecting Aneurysm; The Use of a Simplified Bypass
The alarming mortality in cases of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta has stimulated the development of a surgical technique which results in re-entry of the dissecting channel.
Blood Glucose Management in the Patient Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Review
We discuss our own efforts to improve glycemic management of patients undergoing cardiac surgery at our institution, including keys to success, results of implementation, and patient safety concerns.
Comparison of Three Point-of-Care Testing Devices to Detect Hemostatic Changes in Adult Elective Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of the TEG, RoTEM and Sonoclot instruments to detect changes in hemostasis in elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass and to investigate possible correlations between variables from these three instruments and routine hematological coagulation tests.
Application of Veno-Arterial-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Differential Hypoxia
Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) through the femoral vein and artery may cause differential hypoxia, i.e., lower PaO2 in the upper body than in the lower body, because of normal cardiac output with severe impairment of pulmonary function.
Brain Protection in Aortic Arch Surgery: Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion and Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion need a Tougher Row to Hoe
Ganapathi and colleagues 1 are to be congratulated for their superb clinical results and well-written study
Timing Underpins the Benefits Associated with Injectable Collagen Biomaterial Therapy for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction
Injectable hydrogel biomaterials are promising therapies
Antegrade versus Retrograde Cerebral Perfusion for Hemiarch Replacement with Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest: Does it Matter? A Propensity-Matched Analysis
The choice of cerebral perfusion strategy for aortic arch surgery has been debated
Novel Emboli Protection System during Cardiac Surgery: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Clinical Trial
The CardioGard cannula is safe and efficient in use during open-heart surgery
Very-Short-Term Perioperative Intravenous Iron Administration and Postoperative Outcome in Major Orthopedic Surgery: A Pooled Analysis of Observational Data from 2547 Patients
Despite known limitations of pooled observational analyses, these results suggest that very-short-term perioperative administration of IV iron, with or without rHuEPO, in major lower limb orthopedic procedures is associated with reduced ABT rates and LHS, without increasing postoperative morbidity or mortality.