On the last day of fellowship my mentor, Dr. Michael O’Connor, sat the fellows down and in 6 statements summarized what we each needed to know going into practice.
“Pictograph from Brazil” ________Click image to enlarge Artist: Paulo Sergio Costa Equipment: Pens & Papel Editing: Erasure Narrative: Time & Place: Brazil […]
Renal medullary hypoxia is an early event during CPB. It starts to develop even before CPB, presumably due to a pressure-dependent decrease in renal blood flow. Medullary hypoxia during CPB appears to be promoted by hypotension and is not ameliorated by increasing blood hemoglobin concentration.
