Tiny Perfusion Letter #81

Tiny Perfusion Letter

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Antithrombin levels during pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass: Key to changing a decades-old paradigm for anticoagulation?
Andropoulos DB, Fraser CD Jr
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Feb;151(2):305-6

Hydroxyethyl Starch 130/0.4 and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.
Lagny MG, Roediger L, Koch JN, Dubois F, Senard M et al.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]

Depression screening after cardiac surgery: A six month longitudinal follow up for cardiac events, hospital readmissions, quality of life and mental health.
Tully PJ, Baumeister H, Bennetts JS, Rice GD, Baker RA
Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 7;206:44-50

In search of the ideal risk-scoring system for very high-risk cardiac surgical patients: a two-stage approach.
Ranucci M, Di Dedda U, Castelvecchio S, La Rovere MT, Menicanti L; Surgical and Clinical Outcome Research (SCORE) Group
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jan 19;11(1):13 FREE

A Case of Fatal Bleeding Following Emergency Surgery on an Ascending Aorta Intramural Hematoma in a Patient Taking Dabigatran.
Crapelli GB, Bianchi P, Isgrò G, Biondi A, de Vincentiis C, Ranucci M
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2015 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print]

Intraoperative Embolization and Cognitive Decline After Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review.
Patel N, Minhas JS, Chung EM
Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Jan 18. [Epub ahead of print]

Endothelial hyperpermeability after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass as assessed using an in vitro bioassay for endothelial barrier function.
Koning NJ, Overmars MA, van den Brom CE, van Bezu J, Simon LE et al.
Br J Anaesth. 2016 Feb;116(2):223-32 FREE

Hemostatic alterations during coronary artery bypass grafting.
Gielen CL, Brand A, van Heerde WL, Stijnen T, Klautz RJ, Eikenboom J
Thromb Res. 2015 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print]

Measuring Anesthetic Concentrations in the Exhaust Gas of the Oxygenator During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Can Be Unreliable.
Nitzschke R, Wilgusch J, Kersten JF, Goepfert MS
Anesth Analg. 2016 Feb;122(2):580-1

Impact of Intraoperative Continuous-Infusion Versus Intermittent Dosing of Cefazolin Therapy on the Incidence of Surgical Site Infections After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
Shoulders BR, Crow JR, Davis SL, Whitman GJ, Gavin M et al.
Pharmacotherapy. 2016 Jan 22. [Epub ahead of print]