Building a Culture of Safety in the OR (EP Video)
Dr. Richard Prager discusses the process of building a culture of safety in the OR (25:36 minutes).
Centrifugal vs. Roller Pump: PRO (EP Video)
Kenneth Shann presents the positive side of centrifugal pump use in adult cardiac surgery (14:19 minutes).
Implementing Benchmarking in Perfusion Practice: Results of a Multicentre Quality Improvement Initiative (EP Video)
Dr. Baker presents an abstract on benchmarking in perfusion practice to improve quality (3:59 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).
Perfusion Through the Looking Glass (EP Video)
Larry Petree from Sorin Group discusses perfusion simulation (52:41 minutes).
Centrifugal vs. Roller Pump: CON (EP Video)
Dr. Robert Baker defends the use of roller pumps in adult cardiac surgery practice (12:48 minutes).
Haemostatic Therapy in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients with Decreased Platelet Function: Comparison of Fibrinogen Concentrate with Allogeneic Blood Products
Fibrinogen concentrate administration increased the fibrin clot quality and helped achieve haemostasis.
Preservation Solution Supplemented with Biliverdin Prevents Lung Cold Ischaemia/Reperfusion Injury
This study demonstrates that the exposure of the lung grafts to BV during cold storage can impart potent cytoprotective effects to lung cold ischaemia/reperfusion injury and significantly improve the lung graft function following extended cold preservation and transplantation by the mechanism of a reduction in oxidative injury and following inflammatory events.
Increased Long-Term Mortality with Plasma Transfusion after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
This study explores the relation between the transfusion of different blood components and long-term mortality.
Selective Pulmonary Pulsatile Perfusion with Oxygenated Blood During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Attenuates Lung Tissue Inflammation but Does Not Affect Circulating Cytokine Levels
Improved respiratory outcome has been shown after selective pulsatile pulmonary perfusion (sPPP) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).
Transfusion Thresholds and other Strategies for Guiding Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion
The purpose of this review is to compare clinical outcomes in patients randomised to restrictive versus liberal transfusion thresholds (triggers).
α-Tocopherol and Ascorbic Acid in Early Postoperative Period of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
To investigate whether α-tocopherol and ascorbic acid have effect on the suppression of inflammation in the early postoperative period after open heart surgery.