Cardiac myxomas: A single-center case series of 145 patients over a 32-year period study.

Background: Myxomas are the most common primary cardiac tumors that develop mostly at the atrial chambers of the heart and represent 0,25% of all cardiac diseases.

Methods: This is a retrospective study aiming to analyze epidemiological and intraoperative data from cardiac myxoma cases in the hospital of the last 32 years. The study population was 145 cardiac surgical patients and was divided into 4 certain 8-year periods.

High Flow Oxygen Therapy at Two Initial Flow Settings versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy in Cardiac Surgery Patients with Postextubation Hypoxemia: A Single-Center, Unblinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

In cardiac surgery patients with pre-extubation PaO/inspired oxygen fraction (FiO) < 200 mmHg, the possible benefits and optimal level of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) support are still unclear; therefore, we compared HFNC support with an initial gas flow of 60 or 40 L/min and conventional oxygen therapy. Ninety nine patients were randomly allocated (respective ratio: 1:1:1) to I = intervention group 1 (HFNC initial flow = 60 L/min, FiO = 0.6), intervention group 2 (HFNC initial flow = 40 L/min, FiO = 0.

Perioperative predictors of delirium and incidence factors in adult patients post cardiac surgery.

Background: Delirium is a quite common complication in adult patients post-cardiac surgery. The purpose of our study was to identify perioperative characteristics and also focus on incidence factors that could predict delirium in the cardiac surgery intensive care unit (CICU) postoperatively.

Methods: We conducted a prospective study of 179 consecutive patients, who underwent open-heart surgical operation and were admitted to the CICU of a general tertiary hospital in Athens, Greece.

Perioperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of poor cardiac surgery patient outcomes.

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between the perioperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and cardiac surgery patient outcomes.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective cohort study of 145 patients who underwent cardiac surgery in a tertiary hospital of Athens, Greece, from January to March 2015, was conducted. By using a structured short questionnaire, this study reviewed the electronic hospital database and the medical and nursing patient records for data collection purposes.

Effects of intensive glycemic control on outcomes of cardiac surgery.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of postoperative intensive glycemic control on patient outcomes.

Background: Ineffective perioperative glycemic control has been associated with high mortality and morbidity rates among cardiac surgery patients.

Methods: 212 cardiac surgery patients were allocated by a quasi-experimental design to: a) a control group (n = 107) with targeted blood glucose levels 161-200 mg/dl or b) a therapy group (n = 105) with blood glucose target 120-160 mg/dl.