... (post-CPB transfusion group) Anesthesia, cardiopulmonary bypass, and cardiacsurgery technique Anesthesia was carried out according to our institutional practice Induction of anesthesia was achieved ... composite morbidity was about 50% higher for patients receiving RBCs stored for 14 days than for patients receiving RBCs stored for one day Page of 12 (page number not for citation purposes) Critical ... levels and outcomes following pediatriccardiac operations is still not well defined [11-13] Available online http://ccforum.com/content/13/6/R207 Table Outcome data for groups receiving newer...
... engagements from Biosite® Incorporated 13 14 Albert MA, Antman EM: Preoperative evaluation forcardiacsurgery In CardiacSurgery in the Adult Edited by: Cohn LH, Edmunds LH Jr New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; ... after cardiacsurgery J Am Soc Nephrol 2005, 16:162-168 Mehta RH, Grab JD, O'Brien SM, Bridges CR, Gammie JS, Haan CK, Ferguson TB, Peterson ED, for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac ... Thoracic Surgeons National CardiacSurgery Database Investigators: Bedside tool for predicting the risk of postoperative dialysis in patients undergoing cardiacsurgery Circulation 2006, 114:2208-2216...
... patients [9] In pediatric patients undergoing cardiacsurgeryfor congenital heart disease, many studies highlighted the potential role of hyperlactatemia on admission to the ICU as a marker for adverse ... markers for postoperative adverse outcomes in pediatriccardiacsurgery Materials and methods This is a retrospective study, approved by our Local Ethics Committee, which waived the need for obtaining ... Continuous ScVO2 monitoring forpediatric patients was introduced in our Department in 2007 Therefore, all the pediatric (younger than 18 years) patients undergoing a cardiac operation in the period...
... criteria of only the low risk population For future study, expanding the inclusion criteria and gathering more data should give the authors more information for the best patient care in the future ... 2007 Anesthesia was administered following a standardized protocol Data collection included heart rate, End tidal CO2, O2 saturation, mean arterial blood pressure All variables were recorded before, ... replacement was provided with lactated Ringer solution The subjects were supine for induction and emergence from anesthesia, remaining in a flexed lateral decubitus position during laparoscopic...
... Kobayashi et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:56 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/56 Our former strategy for DSWI consisted of debridement of the infected ... tests for continuous variables and with Kobayashi et al Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011, 6:56 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/56 the c2 tests and Fisher’s exact test for ... analyses were performed with the StatView 4.1 statistical software package (Abacus Concepts, Berkeley, California) Results The mean follow-up periods were 64.7 ± 11.1 months for the former group...
... Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:121 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/121 cardiacsurgery to receive oral amiodarone (600 mg/day prior and 200 mg/day after surgery) or placebo for days ... postoperative AF in 1000 patients undergoing cardiacsurgery [25] In all, 85% of patients had CABG surgery and the remainder had valve surgery or combined valve and CABG surgery The administered daily dose ... atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: results of the ARMYDA-3 (Atorvastatin for Reduction of MYocardial Dysrhythmia After cardiac surgery) study Circulation 2006, 114(14):1455-61...
... underwent elective cardiac surgery, for double (aortic and mitral) valve replacement combined with ascending aorta replacement Haemodialysis was performed in the afternoon before the scheduled ... pergolide for Parkinson's disease should be subjected to ECHO examination every six months, for heart valve function assessment Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication ... patients There are only a few reported cases of patients who had surgeryforcardiac disease acquired due to medications given for treatment of Parkinson's disease: A) by Zanettini et al [6],...
... Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009, 4:67 tively, is difficult in up to 20% of cardiac- surgery patients for several reasons [10,11] including rhythm abnormality, ... the impact of diastolic dysfunction (DD) on patient's outcome following CardiacSurgery Progression of DD following Cardiacsurgery Following coronary artery bypass grafting, DD is temporarily deteriorated ... of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009, 4:67 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/67 Table 2: High risk groups for developing DD Systolic...
... as an effect of CPB in children undergoing cardiacsurgeryfor complex cyanotic cardiac defect We could confirm a procoagulant state related to cardiacsurgery under CPB, with significantly increased ... written informed parental consent was obtained Clinical data Eighteen infants and children (ages to 163 months) with complex cyanotic cardiac defect who were scheduled forcardiacsurgery were ... adjustment for repeated comparisons was performed according to Bonferroni-Holm The Fisher exact test was used for the analysis of categorical data and the Spearman correlation coefficient for correlation...
... DC: The systemic inflammatory response to cardiac surgery: implications for the anesthesiologist Anesthesiology 2002, 97:215-252 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) ... significant mortality and morbidity in subgroups of patients following cardiacsurgery In the last two decades, much scientific effort has led us closer to a definition of the molecular basis of the ... such as coagulation and fibrinolysis, has the potential to lead to more effective interventions for the clinician perioperatively and in the management of critically ill patients Competing interests...
... questioning if tranexamic acid administration has a place in higher risk cardiacsurgery and especially in surgery where a cardiac chamber is opened Competing interests In the past years DR has ... seizures in cardiac surgical patients Anesth Analg 2010, 110:350-353 13 Royston D, Bidstrup BP, Taylor KM, Sapsford RN: Effect of aprotinin on need for blood transfusion after repeat open-heart surgery ... WS: The risk-benefit profile of aprotinin versus tranexamic acid in cardiacsurgery Anesth Analg 2009, 110:21-29 Fodstad H, Forssell A, Liliequist B, Schannong M: Antifibrinolysis with tranexamic...
... undergoing cardiacsurgery using the suggested 48-hour diagnostic window without correction of sCr for fluid balance may importantly lead to overdiagnosis of AKI The quest for a uniform definition for ... (%) 1,258 (26) 566 (12) Valve surgery, n (%) Other/Combined surgery, n (%) 1,196 (25) 1,816 (37) Elective surgery, (%) 3,947 (82) Urgent surgery, n (%) Emergent surgery & rescue, n (%) 811 (17) ... variables for study purposes: latest preoperative sCr values and sCr at each day postoperatively up to day seven (POD (postoperative day) to 7) For baseline sCr the last value before surgery was...
... treatments for you This particular program presents the latest information on psychological and behavioral aspects of preparing for weight loss surgery and for sustaining weight loss after surgery ... Preparing for Weight Loss Surgery: Workbook Robin F Apple James Lock Rebecka Peebles OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Preparing for Weight Loss Surgery -- David H Barlow, ... risky for you For example, after surgery, while you might not feel physically hungry in the manner that you did before, you might still struggle with physical and psychological cravings for particular...
... [5] for this argument.) Hence, for one component we obtain the same lower bound for area(TR ), while for the other components the lower bound for area(TR ) is half as large UNIVERSAL BOUNDS FOR ... in terms of bundle-valued 1-forms and the Weitzenb¨ck formula o satisfied by such a form when it is harmonic in a suitable sense We compute the boundary term for this formula in some specific cases ... ideas we need to derive a formula for the boundary term For details we refer to [28] The Hodge Theorem ([28]) for cone-manifolds gives a closed and co-closed E-valued form ω = η + i ∗Dη satisfying...
... the Anesthesia Information Management system (Taddei et al., 2000) for documentation of anesthesia procedure during cardiacsurgery operations Commercial software (OTIS by Dedalus Inc.) foranesthesia ... EMR or from anesthesia record EACTS congenital heart surgery dataset was adopted as reference forpediatric patients (EACTS database), while National Society of CardiacSurgery dataset for adults ... dataset for adults undergoing cardiacsurgery (SICCH database) Standard risk scores were derived from datasets (Euroscore for adult and Aristotle forpediatriccardiac surgery) Web data distribution...
... submitted to cardiacsurgery (Randomized Trial in a CardiacSurgery Population) or BART, which is still enrolling patients, is designed to enroll 2970 patients with indications forcardiacsurgery ... System forCardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiacsurgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002; 22 (1) :101-5 Bridgewater B Mortality data in adult cardiacsurgeryfor named ... low-risk surgery uncontrolled medical problem, or patient scheduled forsurgery high risk uncontrolled medical problem, scheduled forsurgery high risk advanced or chronic heart disease, scheduled for...
... (water, 900 ml; glycerin, 100 ml) given once a day for days before surgery children : enema of water and glycerin (9:1) twice a day for days before surgery Group B (n= 77): a low-reside diet and ... by mouth three times a day for days before surgery; mannitol (1 litre as a 10% solution) taken by mouth at the rate of 100 ml per at 16:00 hours on the day before surgery ENEMA (water, 900 ml; ... Inclusion criteria: Patients admitted for elective colorectal surgery Exclusion criteria: patients that had taken antibiotics for at least 15 days before surgery or if there was evidence of infection...
... Preden-Kerekovic V Pediatric reference intervals for 34 biochemical analytes in urban school children and adolescents Clin Chem Lab Med 1998;36(5):327-37 32 Burritt MF, Slockbower JM, Forsman RW, Offord KP, ... current burden of pediatric NAFLD One of the strongest population-based studies, using the histologic definition for NAFLD, was conducted as a retrospective review of autopsies, performed from 1993 ... 2006, hospitalization increased from 0.9 to 4.3/100,000 for NAFLD, and from 35.5 to 114.7/100,000 for obesity Obese children followed for y To determine the course of obesity associated NAFLD...
... To account for an anticipated 20% loss to follow-up, our target enrollment was 106 patients The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program, Version 12 for Windows was used for most statistical ... responsiveness of the PedsQL™ for acute febrile illnesses We selected febrile illnesses since they represent a common condition evaluated in the pediatric ED, accounting for over 20% of all ED visits[9,10], ... distributed through July 2003 to July 2004 Randomization was performed in 2-month blocks throughout the year, to account for seasonal variability of pediatric febrile illnesses Subjects were enrolled by...