Abstract There is a perception held by others in the health sciences that surgeons are not adequately assessing surgical procedures. In an Editorial in the Lancet in 1996, entitled, “Surgical Research or..
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Abstract Background Ebstein's anomaly,a rare cardiac disease that accounts for <1% of all congenital heart diseases, is a right ventricular myopathy with varying degrees of delamination in the endocardium under..
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Abstract Background Inflammation after cardiopulmonary bypass may contribute to postoperative delirium and cognitive dysfunction. The authors evaluated the effect of high-dose methylprednisolone to suppress inflammation on the incidence of delirium..
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Abstract Background: Glucose–insulin–potassium (GIK) administration during cardiac surgery inconsistently improves myocardial function, perhaps because hyperglycemia negates the beneficial effects of GIK. The hyperinsulinemic normoglycemic clamp (HNC) technique may better enhance..
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Abstract Objectives Our aim was to describe the pharmacokinetics of cefazolin in paediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) who received cefazolin for peri-operative surgical prophylaxis in addition..
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Abstract The use of extracorporeal circulation for cardiac surgery and extracorporeal life support poses tremendous challenges to the hemostatic equilibrium given its diametric tendency to trigger hyper‐ and hypocoagulopathy. The..
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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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Abstract The use of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is increasing worldwide. These patients often require noncardiac surgery. In the perioperative period, preoperative assessment, patient transport, choice of anesthetic type, drug..
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