Tiny Perfusion Letter #287

Tiny Perfusion Letter

It's Thursday, already

That means, tomorrow it's Friday
(and who knows what you're all up to during the weekend)

That's why we send you a quick one today...

Enjoy & Share

Mycobacterium chimaera infection following cardiac surgery in the United Kingdom: clinical features and outcome of the first 30 cases.
Scriven JE, Scobie A, Verlander NQ, Houston A, Collyns T et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 May 24. [Epub ahead of print]

Preinterventional hydrocortisone sustains the endothelial glycocalyx in cardiac surgery.
Brettner F, Chappell D, Nebelsiek T, Hauer D, Schelling G et al.
Clin Hemorheol Microcirc. 2018 May 19. [Epub ahead of print]

The lactate clearance calculated using serum lactate level 6 h after is an important prognostic predictor after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a single-center retrospective observational study.
Mizutani T, Umemoto N, Taniguchi T, Ishii H, Hiramatsu Y et al.
J Intensive Care. 2018 Jun 1;6:33 FREE

Effects of levosimendan on mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Chen P, Wu X, Wang Z, Li Z, Tian X et al.
J Card Surg. 2018 Jun;33(6):322-329 FREE

Relationship between intraoperative serum lactate and hemoglobin levels on postoperative renal function in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.
Mitchell SC, Vinnakota A, Deo SV, Markowitz AH, Sareyyupoglu B et al.
J Card Surg. 2018 Jun;33(6):316-321

Progress in Prevention and Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury: Moving Beyond Kidney Attack.
Kellum JA, Bellomo R, Ronco C.
JAMA. 2018 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print] FREE

A Patient With Remote Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Antiphospholipid Syndrome Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Do Current Guidelines Apply?
Warsame I, Hunter N, Miller S, Spiess B, Whitson B, Perez W et al.
Semin in Cardiothor Vasc Anes. 2018 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Early negative fluid balance is associated with lower mortality after cardiovascular surgery
Li C, Wang H, Liu N, Jia M, Zhang H et al.; The Beijing Acute Kidney Injury Trial (BAKIT) Workgroup
Perfusion. 2018 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]

Does the type of cardioplegia used during valve surgery influence operative nadir hematocrit and transfusion requirements?
Stammers AH, Tesdahl EA, Mongero LB, Stasko A.
Perfusion. 2018 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print]

The ACEF II Risk Score for cardiac surgery: updated but still parsimonious.
Ranucci M,  Pistuddi V, Scolletta S, de Vincentiis C, Menicanti L.
Eur Heart J, 2018;39(23):2183–2189