Depression predicts delayed return to daily activities in patients post-cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study.

Background: Depression significantly impacts recovery and return to daily activities in cardiac surgery patients. Assessing and managing depressive symptoms before and after surgery are crucial for improving surgical outcomes and timely return to daily activities, including work. The objectives of this study were to examine differences in patients' depression levels in relation to their return to daily activities in the early post-cardiac surgery period, and to assess predictors of delayed return to daily activities.

Predictors of prolonged hospitalization in modified sternoplasty following postoperative mediastinitis.

Background And Aim: Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a serious complication following cardiac surgery, and demands early intervention as any delay in diagnosis and management may lead to increased morbidity and mortality. DSWI is associated with increased length of hospitalization (LOH) and economic burden in this patient population. The aim of this study was to determine predictors for increased length of hospitalization in patients who underwent the Modified Sternoplasty technique for deep sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery.

Clinical factors and pre-surgical depression scores predict pain intensity in cardiac surgery patients.

Background: Severe pain is prevalent in cardiac surgery patients and can increase cardiac complications, morbidity and mortality. The objectives of the study were to assess perioperative pain intensity and to assess predictors of pain post-cardiac surgery, including clinical characteristics and depression.

Methods: A total of 98 cardiac surgery patients were included in the study.

Relationships among norepinephrine levels, exercise capacity, and chronotropic responses in heart failure patients.

In heart failure (HF) patients, the pathophysiological mechanisms of severe exercise intolerance and impaired exercise capacity are related to both central and peripheral abnormalities. The central abnormalities in HF patients include impaired cardiac function and chronotropic incompetence (CI). Indeed, CI, the inability to adequately increase heart rate (HR) from rest to exercise often exhibited by HF patients, is related to activation of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) yielding a rise in circulating norepinephrine (NE).

Acute Kidney Injury Following Admission with Acute Coronary Syndrome: The Role of Diabetes Mellitus.

Purpose: To evaluate the role of diabetes mellitus in the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of AKI (acute kidney injury) in patients admitted with ACS (acute coronary syndrome).

Methods: We performed a comparative evaluation of ACS patients with vs. without DM who developed AKI enrolled in the biennial ACS Israeli Surveys (ACSIS) between 2000 and 2018.