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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Device Selection Affects Intervention Management for Cerebral Desaturation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery

It is inappropriate to use the same intervention criteria for different near-infrared spectroscopy oximetry devices. Moreover, brain atrophy influence rSO2 values depending on device selection. It is important to note that inappropriate device selection may misguide perfusionists into performing unnecessary or excessive intervention during CPB.

Model-Based Design and Optimization of Blood Oxygenators

The results show that the model-based optimization method is promising to derive the optimal parameters in an efficient way and to serve as an intermediate modeling approach prior to complex CFD modeling.