Tiny Perfusion Letter #262

Tiny Perfusion Letter

It's TPL Tuesday!
Less tasty, but so much healthier than Taco Tuesday
But we love both...

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Microcirculatory assessment of patients under VA-ECMO.
Kara A, Akin S, Dos Reis Miranda D, Struijs A, Caliskan K et al.
Crit Care. 2016 Oct 25;20(1):344 FREE

The European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support (EUROMACS) of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): second report.
de By TMMH, Mohacsi P, Gahl B, Zittermann A, Krabatsch T et al.; EUROMACS members.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] FREE

Hydroxyethyl Starch 130/0.4 and Its Impact on Perioperative Outcome: A Propensity Score Matched Controlled Observation Study.
Pagel JI, Rehm M, Kammerer T, Hulde N, Speck E et al.
Anesth Analg. 2018 Jan 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis.
Wang H, Kalfa D, Rosenbaum MS, Ginns JN, Lewis MJ et al.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Feb;105(2):592-598

Duration of Postoperative Mechanical Ventilation as a Quality Metric for Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Programs.
Gaies M, Werho DK, Zhang W, Donohue JE, Tabbutt S et al.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Feb;105(2):615-621

International quality improvement initiatives.
Hickey PA, Connor JA, Cherian KM, Jenkins K, Doherty K et al.
Cardiol Young. 2017 Dec;27(S6):S61-S68 FREE

Development of biomarker combinations for postoperative acute kidney injury via Bayesian model selection in a multicenter cohort study.
Meisner A, Kerr KF, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Wilson FP, Garg AX et al.
Biomark Res. 2018 Jan 12;6:3 FREE

Validation of a definition of excessive postoperative bleeding in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
Bercovitz RS, Shewmake AC, Newman DK, Niebler RA, Scott JP et al.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Malperfusion During Hypothermic Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion: Cerebral Perfusion Index-An Early Indicator Compared to Cerebral Oximetry.
Fegley MW, Spelde A, Johnson D, Desai ND, Levy WJ.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Checklists and Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Nallamothu BK.
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Jan;11(1):e004517 FREE