Hemodynamic effects of rescue protocol hydrocortisone in neonates with low cardiac output syndrome after cardiac surgery.

Objective: To assess the hemodynamic effects and safety of hydrocortisone in neonates with low cardiac output syndrome requiring high levels of inotropic support and fluid resuscitation after cardiac surgery.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Fifteen-bed pediatric cardiovascular intensive care unit.

Patients' conscious recollections from cardiac anesthesia.

Objective: To estimate the current incidence of conscious recollections from the time of anesthesia, the contribution of anesthetic drugs to this incidence, and the patients' experience of cardiac anesthesia and surgery.

Design: Prospective, horizontal survey of cardiac surgery patients using structured interview method.

Setting: Tertiary care university hospital.

Application of artificial neural networks as an indicator of awareness with recall during general anaesthesia.

Objective: Awareness with recall is a rare but serious complication of general anaesthesia with an incidence ranging from 0.1%-0.7%.

Awareness and recall in outpatient anesthesia.

Unlabelled: We studied the incidence of awareness and explicit recall during general anesthesia in outpatients versus inpatients undergoing surgery. During a 14.5-mo period, we structurally interviewed 1500 outpatients and 2343 inpatients.