Anesthesia

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Shear Force-Induced Platelet Clearance is a New Mechanism of Thrombocytopenia

November 6, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The clinical problem addressed in this study is bleeding in patients who undergo ECMO. The authors endeavor to address the issue through a quantitative cohort study by reflecting on how to target the behavior of...

JANS Article

Shear Force-Induced Platelet Clearance is a New Mechanism of Thrombocytopenia

November 6, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The clinical problem addressed in this study is bleeding in patients who undergo ECMO. The authors endeavor to address the issue through a quantitative cohort study by reflecting on how...

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Experiences of Patients Enrolled and Staff Involved in the Prehabilitation of Elective Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Trial: A Nested Qualitative Study

October 4, 2023 | Jason Trevis

This qualitative study explores the views and experiences of patients and staff involved in prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery. This was nested within a wider randomized controlled trial...

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Patients’ Satisfaction with Local and General Anesthesia for Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery—Results of the First Randomized Controlled Trial PASSAT

April 6, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

This single center, open RCT compared patients’ satisfaction with local (LA) or general anesthesia (GA) for video-assisted thoracoscopy. Fifty patients were allocated to GA and 57 to LA. Patient satisfaction...

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Increasing Mobility After Sternotomy: An Interview with Marc Gerdisch

January 26, 2023 | Marc Gerdisch…

During the 2023 59th Annual STS Meeting, Professor Marc Gerdisch, Chief of Cardiac Surgery at the Franciscan Health Heart Center, was kind enough to sit down with CTSNet Associate Editor...

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Clinical Evidence for Association of Acupuncture and Acupressure With Improved Cancer Pain

December 29, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

In this analysis of randomized controlled studies, accupuncture and/or accupressure significantly reduced cancer-associated pain compared to sham procedures.

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Commentary: Streamlining Endovascular Interventions on Extracorporeal Life Support

December 4, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Succinct commentary on the challenge of vascular access in ECMO circuits on the occasion of a manuscript on a novel design of a multi-access adaptor.

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The Effects of Escalation of Respiratory Support and Prolonged Invasive Ventilation on Outcomes of Cardiac Surgical Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study

December 4, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Cohort study from the UK, fuelling the escalating debate on blood management in perioperative cardiovascular care.

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Peripheral Vasoconstriction During Mental Stress and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

October 26, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting clinicolaboratory experiment: Any translational value for the coronary surgeon and the cardiologist remains to be seen, especially regarding the risk stratification and prioritization for urgent (inpatient) revascularisation. Also, the...

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The Right Ventricular Response to Lung Resection

October 14, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An extremely interesting research question abutting cardiac physiology, and a manuscript that may generate future additional clinical research.

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Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Adults: Update of the CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report

September 5, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The January update of an expert panel from the American College of Chest Physicians on the expanding clinical entity of pulmonary hypertension, especially pertinent to the transplant community.

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JANS Article

Phase of Care Mortality Analysis According to Individual Patient Risk Profile

August 1, 2019 | Jessica Luc

In this article, Umana-Pizana et al performed a phases-of-care mortality analysis amongst 5141 cardiac surgery cases with a 4.6% crude mortality in a population with a median STS risk score...

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β-Adrenergic Agonist Albuterol Improves Pulmonary Vascular Reserve in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

November 9, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting small randomized controlled trial that will definitely be widely discussed.

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