Tiny Perfusion Letter #183

Tiny Perfusion Letter

Hi everyone

Not our normal introduction, but we just want to point out the call for participation in the Survey for International Pediatric Perfusion Practice. If you wish to participate, please contact Mr. Bob Groom in Maine, USA
Especially those European pediatric centers out there

Now it's time to move on with the 183rd TPL

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Reinfusate Heparin Concentrations Produced by Two Autotransfusion Systems.
Buys WF, Buys M, Levin AI.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Feb;31(1):90-98

Hyperlactemia Predicts Surgical Mortality in Patients Presenting With Acute Stanford Type-A Aortic Dissection.
Bennett JM, Wise ES, Hocking KM, Brophy CM, Eagle SS.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Feb;31(1):54-60

Use of Postoperative Peak Arterial Lactate Level to Predict Outcome After Cardiac Surgery.
Haanschoten MC, Kreeftenberg HG, Arthur Bouwman R, van Straten AH, Buhre WF, Soliman Hamad MA.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Feb;31(1):45-53

Continuous Monitoring of Lactate Using Intravascular Microdialysis in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study.
Lenkin PI, Smetkin AA, Hussain A, Lenkin AI, Paromov KV et al.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Feb;31(1):37-44

Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.
Mehta RH, Leimberger JD, van Diepen S, Meza J, Wang A et al.; LEVO-CTS Investigators..
N Engl J Med. 2017 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print] FREE

Outcome and Management of Refractory Respiratory Failure With Timely Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Single-Center Experience With Legionella Pneumonia.
Roncon-Albuquerque R Jr, Vilares-Morgado R, van der Heijden GJ, Ferreira-Coimbra J, Mergulhão P, Paiva JA.
J Intensive Care Med. 2017 Jan 1. [Epub ahead of print] 

Treatment of bronchial foreign body aspiration with extracorporeal life support in a child: A case report and literature review.
Deng L, Wang B, Wang Y, Xiao L, Liu H.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Mar;94:82-86

A BMI >35 does not protect patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery from red blood cell transfusion.
Mongero LB, Tesdahl EA, Stammers AH, Dickinson TA, Kypson AP et al.
Perfusion. 2017 Jan;32(1):20-26

Does the roller pump adjustment in cardiopulmonary bypass settings influence hemolysis?
Vieira Junior FU, Antunes N, de Oliveira PP, Silveira Filho LM, Vilarinho KA, Costa ET.
Int J Artif Organs. 2017 Mar 3. [Epub ahead of print]

Recombinant Factor VIIa Is Associated With Increased Thrombotic Complications in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients.
Downey L, Brown ML, Faraoni D, Zurakowski D, DiNardo JA.
Anesth Analg. 2017 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print]