Publications by authors named "A Curtil"
Article Synopsis
- The objective of this text is to recommend strategies for enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery (ERACS) using a comprehensive approach aimed at improving patient satisfaction, reducing mortality and morbidity, and decreasing hospital stays.
- A consensus of 20 experts from French medical societies developed these guidelines independently without industry influence, utilizing the GRADE system to evaluate the quality of evidence.
- The guidelines cover six key areas of patient care, leading to 33 specific recommendations focused on improving preoperative, surgical, and postoperative management for cardiac surgery patients.
Background: Vasopressors are a cornerstone for the management of vasodilatory hypotension. Vasopressor infusions are currently adjusted manually to achieve a predefined arterial pressure target. We have developed a closed-loop vasopressor (CLV) controller to help correct hypotension more efficiently during the perioperative period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this retrospective study was to assess the outcome of urgent surgical repair in patients with symptomatic carotid artery lesions. The study population included 21 patients who underwent carotid artery repair less than 24 hr after diagnostic work-up. Indications included crescendo transient ischemic attacks in 5 cases, fluctuating neurological deficits in 11, and stroke in evolution in 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA left retro-aortic brachiocephalic vein is a rare anatomic entity. A retrospective study was made of 5218 congenital cardiopathies treated between 1982 and 1998 in a medico-surgical department of paediatric cardiology. A left retro-aortic brachiocephalic vein was demonstrated in 27 patients, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This retrospective study was initiated to evaluate the long-term results of valved prosthetic conduits implanted in the right ventricular outflow tract in patients with complex ventricular-pulmonary discontinuity.
Methods: A cohort of 103 patients out of 127 (24 early deaths, 19%) operated on between 1973 and 1996 with porcine valved conduits was available for evaluation, with a follow-up ranging from 1 to 21.6 years (mean follow-up 8.