Tiny Perfusion Letter #75

Tiny Perfusion Letter

It's been a while, but here it is, TPL #75

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Effect of esmolol on myocardial protection in pediatrics congenital heart defects.
Fazelifar S, Bigdelian H
Adv Biomed Res. 2015 Nov 23;4:246 FREE

Predicting cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: The CRATE score.
Jorge-Monjas P, Bustamante-Munguira J, Lorenzo M, Heredia-Rodríguez M, Fierro I et al.
J Crit Care. 2016 Feb;31(1):130-8

Extracorporeal life support and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a nationwide registry: A propensity score-matched analysis.
Choi DS, Kim T, Ro YS, Ahn KO, Lee EJ et al.
Resuscitation. 2015 Dec 10;99:26-32

Intraoperative cell salvage during cardiac surgery is associated with reduced postoperative lung injury.
Engels GE, van Klarenbosch J, Gu YJ, van Oeveren W, de Vries AJ
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2015 Dec 23. pii: ivv355 FREE

Fibrinogen concentrate as first-line therapy in aortic surgery reduces transfusion requirements in patients with platelet counts over or under 100×10(9)/L.
Solomon C, Rahe-Meyer N
Blood Transfus. 2015 Apr;13(2):248-54 FREE

Interrelationship of preoperative anemia, intraoperative anemia, and red blood cell transfusion as potentially modifiable risk factors for acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery: a historical multicentre cohort study.
Karkouti K, Grocott HP, Hall R, Jessen ME, Kruger C et al.
Can J Anaesth. 2015 Apr;62(4):377-84

Urine NGAL as a biomarker of kidney damage after on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a prospective pilot study.
Karaolanis G, Katsaros A, Palla VV, Lionaki S, Moris D et al.
Hellenic J Cardiol. 2015 Mar-Apr;56(2):160-8 FREE

Platelet-activating protamine-heparin-antibodies lead to higher protamine demand in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
Grieshaber P, Bakchoul T, Wilhelm J, Wagner A, Wollbrück M et al.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Oct;150(4):967-73

"Treating Lungs"- The Scientific Contributions of Dr. Theodor Kolobow.
Trahanas JM, Kolobow MA, Hardy MA, Berra L, Zapol WM, Bartlett RH
ASAIO J. 2015 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print]

Getting the improvement habit.
Lucas B
BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print]