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Arterial hyperoxia during CPB was not associated with neurocognitive decline after 6 weeks in cardiac surgical patients
Elimination of cardiotomy suction increases reliance on cell-saver blood-conservation techniques.
Studies have emphasized the importance of normal fibrinogen concentrations in surgical patients. The primary hypothesis of this study was that fibrinogen levels significantly decrease in on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery versus off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCAB) surgery. The second objective was to show that ROTEM (TEM International, GmbH, Munich, Germany) rapidly detects these abnormalities compared with standard tests.