Use of Postoperative Peak Arterial Lactate Level to Predict Outcome After Cardiac Surgery.

Objectives: In the present study, the authors investigated the predictive value of postoperative peak arterial lactate levels for early and late mortality after cardiac surgery.

Design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.

Setting: Single-center study in an academic hospital.

Impact of postoperative renal replacement therapy on long-term outcome after cardiac surgery increases with age.

Background And Aim Of The Study: In the present study, we investigated the survival of patients who received postoperative renal replacement therapy (RRT) after cardiac surgery. We specifically focused on factors predicting long-term outcome in elderly patients.

Methods: Data of all patients that received unintentional renal replacement therapy following cardiac surgery between 2004 and 2010 were analyzed.

Fast-track practice in cardiac surgery: results and predictors of outcome.

Objectives: Various studies have shown different parameters as independent risk factors in predicting the success of fast-track postoperative management in cardiac surgery. In the present study, we evaluated our 7-year experience with the fast-track protocol and investigated the preoperative predictors of successful outcome.

Methods: Between 2004 and 2010, 5367 consecutive patients undergoing cardiac surgery were preoperatively selected for postoperative admission in the postanaesthesia care unit (PACU) and were included in this study.