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Cardiac surgery score (CASUS) improves outcome prediction in patients treated with extracorporal life support (ECLS).
Hofmann B, Gmelin MJ, Metz D, Raspé C, Wienke A et al.
Perfusion. 2017 Aug 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Management of refractory bleeding post-cardiopulmonary bypass in an acute heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II renal failure patient who underwent urgent cardiac surgery with bivalirudin (Angiox®) anticoagulation.
Hassen K, Maccaroni MR, Sabry H, Mukherjee S, Serumadar S, Birdi I.
Perfusion. 2017 Aug 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Prophylactic levosimendan for the prevention of low cardiac output syndrome and mortality in paediatric patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease.
Hummel J, Rücker G, Stiller B.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Aug 2;8:CD011312. [Epub ahead of print]

Individualizing Thresholds of Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Using Estimated Limits of Autoregulation.
Donnelly J, Czosnyka M, Adams H, Robba C, Steiner LA et al.
Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep;45(9):1464-1471

Red Cell Transfusion-Associated Hemolysis in Cardiac Surgery: An Observational Cohort Study.
Karkouti K, Callum JL, Acker JP, Yip P, Rao V.
Anesth Analg. 2017 Jun;124(6):1986-1991

Is Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Practical in Severe Chest Trauma? : A Systematic Review in Single Center of Developing Country.
Huh U, Song S, Chung SW, Kim SP, Lee CW et al.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Aug 12. [Epub ahead of print]

A comprehensive regional clinical and educational ECPR protocol decreases time to ECMO in patients with refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Grunau B, Carrier S, Bashir J, Dick W, Harris L et al.
CJEM. 2017 Aug 16:1-10 [Epub ahead of print]

Atelectasis after airway extubation during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support.
Wang H, Jia M, Mao B, Hou X.
Perfusion. 2017 Sep;32(6):511-513

Low-Dose Versus High-Dose Tranexamic Acid Reduces the Risk of Nonischemic Seizures After Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Couture P, Lebon JS, Laliberté É, Desjardins G, Chamberland MÈ et al.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print]

Five-Year Outcomes after On-Pump and Off-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass.
Shroyer AL, Hattler B, Wagner TH, Collins JF, Baltz JH et al.; Veterans Affairs ROOBY-FS Group.
N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 17;377(7):623-632
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