Tiny Perfusion Letter #290

Tiny Perfusion Letter

Well, we're back and we got lots of goodies for you

We hope you all had, are having, or will have a great summer break

For those in the southern hemisphere, same for winter breaks

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Cerebral oximetry for cardiac surgery: a preoperative comparison of device characteristics and pitfalls in interpretation.
Kobayashi K, Kitamura T, Kohira S, Torii S, Mishima T et al.
J Artif Organs. 2018 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]

The ratio of concentrations of aminocaproic acid and tranexamic acid that prevent plasmin activation of platelets does not provide equivalent inhibition of plasmatic fibrinolysis.
Nielsen VG, Ford PM.
J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2018 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Nitric Oxide Decreases Acute Kidney Injury and Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease after Cardiac Surgery.
Lei C, Berra L, Rezoagli E, Yu B, Dong H et al.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Jun 22. [Epub ahead of print]

Portable Nitric Oxide (NO) Generator Based on Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrite for Potential Applications in Inhaled NO Therapy and Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery.
Qin Y, Zajda J, Brisbois EJ, Ren H, Toomasian JM et al.
Mol Pharm. 2017 Nov 6;14(11):3762-3771

Statistical primer: sample size and power calculations-why, when and how?
Hickey GL, Grant SW, Dunning J, Siepe M.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Jul 1;54(1):4-9 FREE

The influence of oxygen delivery during cardiopulmonary bypass on the incidence of delirium in CABG patients; a retrospective study.
Leenders J, Overdevest E, van Straten B, Golab H.
Perfusion. 2018 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print] FREE

Hypertonic saline-hydroxyethyl starch solution attenuates fluid accumulation in cardiac surgery patients: a randomized controlled double-blind trial.
Järvelä K, Rantanen M, Kööbi T, Huhtala H, Sisto T.
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther. 2018;50(2):122-127 FREE

Comparison of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation outcome for influenza-associated acute respiratory failure in Japan between 2009 and 2016.
Ohshimo S, Shime N, Nakagawa S, Nishida O, Takeda S and Committee of the Japan ECMO project
Journal of Intensive Care2018 6:38 FREE

Effect of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning on Outcomes in Adult Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Studies.
Xie J, Zhang X, Xu J, Zhang Z, Klingensmith NJ et al.
Anesth Analg. 2018 Jul;127(1):30-38

Chemical and pharmacological aspects of neutralization of heparins from different animal sources by protamine.
Glauser BF, Santos GRC, Silva JD, Tovar AMF, Pereira MS et al.
J Thromb Haemost. 2018 Jul 3. [Epub ahead of print] FREE