In vitro Analysis of Cell Salvage Blood Collection with a Laparoscopic Suction Device
To determine whether cell salvage blood collection with a laparoscopic suction device is inferior to use of a traditional Yankauer suction device
The Effect of Retrograde Autologous Priming Volume on Haemodilution and Transfusion Requirements During Cardiac Surgery
This study is designed to determine the influence or RAP on intraoperative haematocrit, transfusion and its clinical consequences.
Strategic and Operational Aspects of a Transfusion-Free Neonatal Arterial Switch Operation
We report an overview of the literature regarding blood transfusion-free complex congenital cardiac surgery.
Implementation of aTransfusion Algorithm to Reduce Blood Product Utilization in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
The goal of this project is to measure the impact of standardization of transfusion practice on blood product utilization and postoperative bleeding in pediatric cardiac surgery patients.
High Lactate Levels are Predictors of Major Complications after Cardiac Surgery
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether high lactate levels after cardiac surgery are predictors of major complications including mortality.
Pain Assessment and Training: The Impact on Pain Control after Cardiac Surgery
We analyzed the effects of training and the application of a form for the systematized assessment of pain control after cardiac surgery on pain intensity and supplementary use of morphine.
Death on an LVAD-Two Sides of a Coin
We present two contrasting cases of death on LVAD support and present some ethical issues surrounding the end of life on LVAD support.
Percutaneous Closure of a Patent Foramen Ovale to Prevent Paradoxical Thromboembolism in a Patient With a Continuous-Flow LVAD
Strategies to diagnose PFO at the time of LVAD implantation and physiological implications of a right-to-left atrial shunt during mechanical unloading of the failing left ventricle are reviewed.
Magnitude and Time Course of Changes Induced by Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Unloading in Chronic Heart Failure: Insights into Cardiac Recovery
Continuous-flow LVAD unloading induced in a subset of patients, both ischemic and nonischemic, early improvement in myocardial structure and systolic and diastolic function that was largely completed within 6 months, with no evidence of subsequent regression.
Modification of Self-Concept in Patients with a Left-Ventricular Assist Device: An Initial Exploration
We explored how patients with left-ventricular assist devices (LVAD) met the health-deviation requisite of modifying self-concept to accept this form of treatment and restore normalcy.
Risk Analysis and Improvement of Strategies in Patients Who Have Acute Type A Aortic Dissection with Coronary Artery Dissection
The risk factors were identified for mortality and established to improve treatment strategies in patients who have acute type A aortic dissection with coronary artery dissection.
Operating One-Handed: Emergency Treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses
An elderly woman was brought to the emergency room (ER) hypotensive in a confused mental state from what turned out at exploration to be a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm. You are in the operating room, and the anesthesiologist has just hung the first unit of blood but has not started infusion when the ER calls.