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MP may provide a small benefit that is easily abolished by patient characteristics, surgical techniques, and perfusion management. The lack of evidence leads to large differences in practice between and within countries, and even within hospitals, so
Although this meta-analysis failed to find any mortality benefits with del Nido cardioplegia, significant benefits were seen in a number of intraoperative and postoperative variables. del Nido cardioplegia is a safe and favourable alternative to blood cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery.
Alfred Stammers discusses some of the strategies he has employed at his institution to improve patient outcomes (31 minutes).
