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Showing 1 to 20 of 113 for “"Cardiac surgery"”.
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Lipid Micro Emboli in Cardiac Surgery
… micro emboli in shed mediastinal blood during cardiac surgery. The reuse of blood directly by cardiotomy suction is a common practice in order to reduce the need of blood transfusions. In shed mediastinal blood we showed that there is an abundance of lipid particles in the size range of …
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Importance of renal function in cardiac surgery
… and serious complication after cardiothoracic surgery and is associated with increased short- and long-term mortality risk. Despite extensive studies in the field, a comprehensive understanding of this syndrome has remained elusive, partly due to divergent definitions of AKI and partly due to …
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Use of Troponin Testing after Non-cardiac Surgery
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS), which is most often asymptomatic, is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. In 2017, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) published guidelines recommending broad post-operative troponin surveillance in high-risk patients having …
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Risk stratification in cardiac surgery: Algorithms and applications
… 30-day and one-year mortality after open-heart surgery, to evaluate if the preoperative risk stratification model EuroSCORE predicts the different components of resource utilization in cardiac surgery, and to systematically evaluate the accuracy and performance of artificial neural networks …
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High-density intraoperative brain monitoring during cardiac surgery.
… oxygenation at the frontal lobes during cardiac surgery; thus, the majority of brain regions remain unmonitored. In an attempt to intraoperatively monitor broader brain regions and detect early oxygen imbalance, high-density fNIRS channels are utilized in this study. A comprehensive test …
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A review of cardiac surgery in South Australia
An analysis of the outcome following cardiac valve surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting performed in the Royal Adelaide Hospital Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit over a 25 year period.
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Acquired infections in paediatric patients after cardiac surgery
… of morbidity and mortality following paediatric cardiac surgery. Aim: To determine the incidence, risk factors for and outcome of postoperative HAIs in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH) in Cape Town. Methods: A prospective …
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Aspects of retransfusion of shed blood in cardiac surgery
The use of cardiotomy suction during open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has a long tradition and often regarded as mandatory. Recently, studies have described potentially negative effects of cardiotomy suction with activation of the complement system, enhanced inflammatory …
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Outcome after palliative cardiac surgery in a developing country
… outcome of 121 children who underwent palliative cardiac surgery at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital over a 5 year period, 1980 1984, was retrospectively examined. 79 children had systemic artery to pulmonary artery shunt operations (SPS), 40 had pulmonary artery bands (PAB) and 2 …
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Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery: A prevalence study
… healthcare systems. Myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS) is a new entity that has recently been identified as an independent risk factor associated with 30-day all-cause mortality. The risk of death increases approximately 10 fold following MINS in the perioperative period. …
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Attitudes of Clinicians to wards Cardiac Surgery and Trisomy 18
… interest as recent literature has indicated that cardiac surgery is being performed and may lead to improved survival compared to palliative care. In this study, the attitudes of clinicians of multiple specialties towards cardiac surgery for infants with trisomy 18 was evaluated along with …
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The Impact of Pomegranate on Memory Dysfunction after Cardiac Surgery
… artery bypass grafting (CABG) and heart valve surgery. In recent years, there has been a great deal of emphasis on the beneficial effects of pomegranate on health, including diseases of the brain and the heart. Few, however, have explored the impact of pomegranate on cognitive functions. Thus, …
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Does Cardiac Surgery Improve the Quality of Lfe of Octogenarians?
… of the quality of life of octogenarians after cardiac surgery. Survey outcomes may help cardiac and vascular surgery nurses to fully understand this patient population and to develop appropriate nursing interventions, and maintain their health and quality of life.</p> <p>In preparation for this …
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Sleep apnoea and cardiac surgery: Screening, prevalence and postoperative outcomes
… outcomes in patients with OSA following cardiac surgery are sparse and of limited quality. The cause of worse surgical outcomes in the OSA population is unknown but deleterious effects of opiates/opioids, common pain relieve medication following surgery have previously been proposed. …
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Outcome prediction in intensive care with special reference to cardiac surgery
… (including APACHE II and III) variables in cardiac surgery patients admitted to the same ICU. The aim was to develop a more precise method of predicting length of stay, incidence of complications, and ICU and hospital outcome for these patients. There were 1008 patients entered into the …
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The characteristics of postoperative mediastinitis during the changing phases of cardiac surgery
Mediastiniitti on avosydänkirurgiassa harvinainen mutta vakava komplikaatio. Siihen liittyy korkea kuolleisuus, huomattavat terveydenhuollon kustannukset ja tavallista pidempi sairaalassaoloaika. Tämän tutkimuksen materiaali kerättiin takaantuvasti Helsingin ja Uudenmaan sairaanhoitopiirin (HUS) …
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How To Provide Effective Pain Management After Cardiac Surgery In The Geriatric Patient
<p>Of the >500,000 adult cardiac surgeries performed in the U.S. yearly, 54% are performed on the elderly. The American College of Critical Care Medicine indicated that 82% of cardiac patients reported pain as the most common traumatic memory of their ICU stay. Pain is an important stressor in …
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Development of a superabsorber based haemofiltration technology for use in paediatric cardiac surgery
Cardiopulmonary bypass is known to cause great changes in a patient’s physiological fluidhomeostasis which frequently results in fluid accumulation in the interstitial space (edema). Theassociated inflammatory response can, in severe cases, result in systemic immune responsesyndrome, acute …
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Perioperative psycho-educational intervention can reduce postoperative delirium in patients after cardiac surgery
OBJECTIVE: Postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery is associated with many consequences such as poorer functional recovery, more frequent postoperative complications, higher mortality, increased length of hospital stay, and higher hospital costs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the …
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