Abstract Cardiac surgery is commonly associated with high blood loss and the need for allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. In addition, 20–30% of cardiac surgical patients suffer from anaemia..
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Abstract Background A change of serum lactate concentrations appeared to be useful for predicting outcomes in various acute ill settings. However, there is little information on intraoperative change of lactate..
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Evaluation of cefazolin antimicrobial prophylaxis during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Abstract Objectives Although clinical practice guidelines recommend standard cefazolin antimicrobial prophylaxis (AP) dosing for cardiac surgery, limited data exist as to whether adequate concentrations are achieved in this patient population...
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Abstract What We Already Know about This Topic Cardiac surgery is associated with cognitive decline and postoperative delirium The relationship between postoperative delirium and cognitive decline after cardiac surgery is..
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Background Various techniques have been employed for the early detection of perioperative cerebral ischaemia and hypoxia. Cerebral near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is increasingly used in this clinical scenario to monitor brain..
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