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Medicine (Baltimore)
December 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
The Pulse Index Contour Continuous Cardiac Output (PICCO) module provides advanced and continuous monitoring of cardiac output through the use of arterial pulse contour analysis and transpulmonary thermodilution. The objective of this study was to compare the early postoperative outcomes of patients who were monitored using the conventional method and the pulse contour analysis method. A prospective observational study was conducted involving 45 patients who underwent cardiac surgery between 2020 and 2022.
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December 2024
Department of Health Data Science, Graduate School of Data Science, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Yokohama, Kanazawa, 236-0027, Japan.
Background: Patients with severe respiratory failure have high mortality and need various interventions. However, the impact of intensivists on treatment choices, patient outcomes, and optimal intensivist staffing patterns is unknown. In this study, we aimed to evaluate treatments and clinical outcomes for patients at board-certified intensive care training facilities compared with those at non-certified facilities.
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October 2024
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye.
Background: This study aimed to investigate the intraoperative and early postoperative effects of modified del Nido cardioplegia (DNC) compared to classic blood cardioplegia (BC) in patients with impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) who underwent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
Methods: A total of 123 patients (108 males, 15 females; mean age: 62.2±8.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
November 2024
Department of Anaesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care, University Medicine Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Background: As the burden of cardiovascular disease grows, so does the number of cardiac surgeries. Surgery is increasingly performed on older people with comorbidities who are at higher risk of developing perioperative complications such as low cardiac output state (LCOS). Surgery-associated LCOS represents a serious pathology responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality.
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November 2024
National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London London, UK.
Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a critical condition with high mortality rate, as the current management of CS presents significant challenges. Exploration of more effective therapies is necessitated. This review article comprehensively examines the efficacy and safety of levosimendan in the management of CS.
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