Publications by authors named "Frank W Dupont"
Article Synopsis
- The institution changed its policy so that the ICU service is now responsible for transporting ICU patients to the operating room, instead of the anesthesia service.
- A retrospective study was conducted comparing on-time surgery starts and turnover times before and after the policy change, reviewing cases from January 2014 to June 2017.
- The results showed a significant increase in on-time starts from 32.6% to 77.1% after the new transport model was implemented, indicating improved efficiency in the surgical process.
Unlabelled: In patients with coronary artery disease, chronic regional left ventricular systolic dysfunction at rest may be caused by hibernating or by infarcted myocardium. Intraoperative low-dose dobutamine (LDD) echocardiography reliably predicts the immediate recovery of regional myocardial function after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. We sought to determine whether intraoperative LDD echocardiography would also predict recovery of regional function after 1 yr.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the influence of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and fraction of inspired oxygen (F(I)O(2)) on the contrast effect of Optison, a second-generation ultrasound contrast agent, in humans during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE).
Design: Prospective, observational, repeated-measures design.
Setting: A single university hospital.