Tiny Perfusion Letter #326

Tiny Perfusion Letter

Now that everyone has regained consciousness after all the festivities, it's time to move on with renewed motivation.

There has been a piling up of literature that wants to get read by you, so the following weeks, we'll try to get two TPL's done in a week. Don't be scared, you don't have to feel obliged to read all of it.

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Transient acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery does not independently affect postoperative outcomes.
Borracci RA, Macias Miranda J, Ingino CA.
J Card Surg. 2018 Nov;33(11):727-733 FREE

Novel method for estimating the total blood volume: the importance of adjustment using the ideal body weight and age for the accurate prediction of haemodilution during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Muraki R, Hiraoka A, Nagata K, Nakajima K, Oshita T et al.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Dec 1;27(6):802-807 FREE

Comparison of temporary ventricular assist devices and extracorporeal life support in post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock.
Mohite PN, Sabashnikov A, Koch A, Binu R, Padukone A et al.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Dec 1;27(6):863-869 FREE

Q-PULS, a new quasi-physiological pulsatile extracorporeal model to simulate heart function.
Ostovar R, Hartrumpf M, Kuehnel RU, Schroeter F, Laux M et al.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Dec 4. [Epub ahead of print] FREE

An introduction to point-of-care testing in extracorporeal circulation and LVADs.
Bercovitz RS.
Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2018 Nov 30;2018(1):516-521

Preventing and managing catastrophic bleeding during extracorporeal circulation.
Karkouti K, Ho LTS.
Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2018 Nov 30;2018(1):522-529

Incidence and risk factors for potentially suboptimal serum concentrations of vancomycin during cardiac surgery.
Cotogni P, Barbero C, Rinaldi M.
World J Cardiol. 2018 Nov 26;10(11):234-241 FREE

Lactate clearance in infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease.
Desplanque L, Hamaide-Defrocourt F, Berkia I, Tourneur T, Albinni S, Bojan M.
Artif Organs. 2018 Dec 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Dynamic cerebral autoregulation: A marker of post-operative delirium?
Caldas JR, Panerai RB, Bor-Seng-Shu E, Ferreira GSR, Camara L et al.
Clin Neurophysiol. 2019 Jan;130(1):101-108.

The cardiopulmonary bypass and cancer dissemination puzzle1.
Évora PRB, Albuquerque AAS, Nadai TR, Mente ED, Sankarankuty AK, Castro-E-Silva O.
Acta Cir Bras. 2018 Nov;33(11):1037-1042 FREE