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State of the Art Blood Management in Cardiac Surgery
Blood has been described as the most precious and personal substance in the world (1), and caregivers focused on cardiac surgery issues now know that the current direction today in cardiac surgery is to actively move away from transfusing donor “allogeneic” blood products, and towards improved methods of keeping and saving the patient’s own autologous blood.
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Survival of Pregnant Coronavirus Patient on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
She was discharged to home and gave birth to a healthy baby girl at 39 weeks’ gestation. Using VV-ECMO, this patient and her fetus survived acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to COVID-19.
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Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation After Congenital Heart Disease Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
There is an overall high in-hospital mortality of 56.8% in postoperative CHD patients on ECMO. Bleeding is the most common complication during ECMO running with an incidence of 47.1%.
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