Tiny Perfusion Letter #38

Tiny Perfusion Letter

Stuff is piling up here at headquarters, so we thought we'd fire you another round of articles.

Just like that.

Enjoy the read.

Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on Outcome in Patients With Severe Acute Respiratory Failure Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Haneya A, Diez C, Philipp A, Bein T, Mueller T et al.
Crit Care Med. 2015 Sep;43(9):1898-906
Editorial

Postoperative Critical Care of the Adult Cardiac Surgical Patient: Part II: Procedure-Specific Considerations, Management of Complications, and Quality Improvement.
Stephens RS, Whitman GJ
Crit Care Med. 2015 Sep;43(9):1995-2014

First clinical use of a bioprosthetic total artificial heart: report of two cases.
Carpentier A, Latrémouille C, Cholley B, Smadja DM, Roussel JC et al.
Lancet. 2015 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print]

Stopping antiplatelet medication before coronary artery bypass graft surgery: is there an optimal timing to minimize bleeding?
Gielen CL, Bruggemans EF, Stijnen T, Eikenboom J, Tavilla G et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print]

Remote ischaemic preconditioning: is it a flag on the field?
Moscarelli M, Angelini GD, Suleiman S, Fiorentino F, Punjabi PP
Perfusion. 2015 Sep;30(6):438-47

Designing a new scoring system (QualyP Score) correlating the management of cardiopulmonary bypass to postoperative outcomes.
Rubino AS, Torrisi S, Milazzo I, Fattouch K, Busà R et al.
Perfusion. 2015 Sep;30(6):448-56

Unexplained hemolysis in patients undergoing ECMO: beware of hypertriglyceridemia.
Venado A, Wille K, Belott SC, Diaz-Guzman E
Perfusion. 2015 Sep;30(6):465-8

Cardiovascular consequences of cocaine use.
Stankowski RV, Kloner RA, Rezkalla SH
Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2015 Aug;25(6):517-26

Nadir Oxygen Delivery on Bypass and Hypotension Increase Acute Kidney Injury Risk After Cardiac Operations.
Magruder JT, Dungan SP, Grimm JC, Harness HL, Wierschke C et al.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Aug 11. [Epub ahead of print]

An Adjusted Calculation Model Allows for Reduced Protamine Doses without Increasing Blood Loss in Cardiac Surgery.
Kjellberg G, Sartipy U, van der Linden J, Nissborg E, Lindvall G
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Aug 13.