With the ongoing development of safer anesthesia, pregnant women with cardiac disease are presenting more frequently for cesarean delivery. We report the successful anesthetic management of a 31-year-old parturient, on long-term anticoagulant therapy, who presented with acute cardiac tamponade due to perforation of the left atrium from a dislodged atrial septum defect occluder. The cesarean delivery was followed by temporary repair of the perforation without extracorporeal circulation (EC) due to concerns about excessive postpartum bleeding. The definitive repair of the atrial defect and the perforation were successfully accomplished under (EC) 5 days after delivery.
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PLoS One
January 2025
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Background/purpose: Dyslipidemia, a hallmark of metabolic syndrome (MetS), contributes to atherosclerotic and cardiometabolic disorders. Due to days-long analysis, current clinical procedures for cardiotoxic blood lipid monitoring are unmet. This study used AI-assisted attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy to identify MetS and precisely quantify multiple blood lipid levels with a blood sample of 0.
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January 2025
Cardiology Department, Vétérinaire Clinic Boulogne Roland Garros, Boulogne Billancourt, France.
Introduction: Aortic stenosis (AS) and pulmonic stenosis (PS) are two of the most common canine congenital heart diseases (CHD), with a high relative risk for Newfoundland dogs to develop inherited subvalvular AS. For this reason, a cardiovascular screening program has been set up by the French Newfoundland kennel club in order to manage mattings and reduce AS prevalence.
Materials And Methods: The records of untreated and non-anesthetized adult Newfoundland dogs screened between 2010 and 2023 were retrospectively reviewed.
PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.
Objective: This study aims to explore the association between intraoperative hypothermia and outcomes in adult patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of 2048 adult laparoscopic surgery patients treated between 2020 and 2021 was conducted at Songklanagarind Hospital, Thailand. Intraoperative hypothermia, defined as a core temperature below 36°C, was recorded as either one or more than one episode.
Anesth Analg
January 2025
From the Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
The number of cancer patients, cancer survivors, and cancer surgeries is expected to continue to grow and anesthesiologists will benefit from having a framework on how to approach treating perioperative pain in the oncologic population. This article presents general considerations for formulating a perioperative pain management plan including cancer-specific contraindications for epidurals and nerve blocks, common procedures for pain after thoracic and abdominal surgeries, and alternative pain management techniques.
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January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, United States.
Objective: Although childhood cancer survivors require lifelong "risk-based" follow-up care, most adult survivors do not receive such care, and many are lost during the transition from pediatric to adult follow-up care. The goal of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the "Managing Your Health" self-management and peer mentoring intervention to improve transition readiness and self-management skills among young adult survivors of childhood cancer.
Methods: Survivors of childhood cancer ages 18-25 years were randomized 1:1 to the Managing Your Health intervention (six video/phone calls with a peer mentor, another young adult survivor, and five online educational modules) or usual care.
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