Tiny Perfusion Letter #391

Tiny Perfusion Letter

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Role of Bivalirudin for Anticoagulation in Adult Perioperative Cardiothoracic Practice.
Erdoes G, Ortmann E, Martinez Lopez De Arroyabe B, Reid C, Koster A.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Transthoracic clamp versus endoaortic balloon occlusion in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Rival PM, Moore THM, McAleenan A, Hamilton H, Du Toit Z, Akowuah E et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Oct 1;56(4):643-653

Antimicrobial prophylaxis and the prevention of surgical site infection in cardiac surgery: an analysis of 21 007 patients in Switzerland.
Sommerstein R, Atkinson A, Kuster SP, Thurneysen M, Genoni M et al.; Swissnoso .
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Oct 1;56(4):800-806

Haemadsorption improves intraoperative haemodynamics and metabolic changes during aortic surgery with hypothermic circulatory arrest.
Saller T, Hagl C, Woitsch S, Li Y, Niedermayer S et al.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Oct 1;56(4):731-737

Ultra-high pre-membrane lung oxygen saturation in a patient on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Zhang S, Lin R, Jiang Y, Mi Y, Xu Y.
Perfusion. 2019 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]

High-efficiency, high-flux in-line hemofiltration using a high blood flow extracorporeal circuit.
Grazioli A, Shah SR, Rabin J, Shah R, Madathil RJ et al.
Perfusion. 2019 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Diathermy smoke shown to be hazardous, so why are we not protecting ourselves?
Stanley K.
J Perioper Pract. 2019 Oct;29(10):321-327

Hyperoxia during cardiopulmonary bypass does not decrease cardiovascular complications following cardiac surgery: the CARDIOX randomized clinical trial.
Abou-Arab O, Huette P, Martineau L, Beauvalot C, Beyls C et al.
Intensive Care Med. 2019 Oct;45(10):1413-1421

Effect of open-lung vs conventional perioperative ventilation strategies on postoperative pulmonary complications after on-pump cardiac surgery: the PROVECS randomized clinical trial.
Lagier D, Fischer F, Fornier W, Huynh TM, Cholley B et al.; PROVECS Study Group.
Intensive Care Med. 2019 Oct;45(10):1401-1412

Quality Improvement Project in Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients: Reducing Surgical Site Infections.
Hodge AB, Thornton BA, Gajarski R, Hersey D, Cannon M et al.
Pediatr Qual Saf. 2019 Jul 22;4(4):e188 FREE