Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 1993
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialInfluence of acute preoperative plasmapheresis on platelet function in cardiac surgery.
Withdrawal of autologous plasma offers the possibility of improving patients' hemostasis and of reducing homologous blood consumption in cardiac surgery. The influence of acute, preoperatively performed plasmapheresis (APP) on platelet function was investigated in elective aortocoronary bypass patients subjected to APP producing either platelet-poor plasma (PPP; group 1; n = 12) or platelet-rich plasma (PRP; group 2; n = 12). APP-treated patients were randomly compared to patients without APP (control group; n = 12). ⋯ After CPB, maximum aggregation and maximum gradient of aggregation were reduced in all groups (ranging from -6% to -25% from baseline values). Retransfusion of autologous plasma improved platelet aggregability significantly only in the PRP-group. By the first postoperative day, maximum aggregation and maximum gradient of aggregation recovered in all groups (including the control group) or even exceeded baseline values (ranging from +8% to +42% from baseline values.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 1993
ReviewCon: the Univent tube is not the best method of providing one-lung ventilation.
The Univent tube is a new form of bronchial blocker and is an addition to the armamentarium of the anesthesiologist for managing thoracic surgical cases. As with any new equipment/technique it will require time until the exact indications for its use become clear. The preference of anesthesiologists has oscillated between bronchial blockers and DLTs for the past 50 years, and no overall "best" method of providing OLV has yet been found. Anesthesiologists will continue to use, and to need to know how to use, DLTs for the foreseeable future.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 1993
Perioperative measurements of interleukin-6 and alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone in cardiac transplant patients.
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha MSH) are important modulators of the immunologic response to tissue injury and antigenic challenge. Serial changes in the plasma concentrations of these two peptides were measured in 12 patients undergoing heart transplantation. Tissue concentrations of IL-6 in atrial samples from both donor and recipient hearts were also compared. ⋯ These combined results suggest that CPB causes a marked increase in IL-6, and that implantation of a new heart in transplant patients does not augment this increase. The return of IL-6 to control values by 24 hours in the patients who have had transplants suggests that immunosuppression has an appreciable effect on IL-6 at this time. In contrast to IL-6, plasma alpha MSH never increased above control values.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 1993
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialClonidine premedication for coronary artery bypass grafting under high-dose alfentanil anesthesia: intraoperative and postoperative hemodynamic study.
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of clonidine in achieving perioperative hemodynamic stability in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting performed under high-dose alfentanil anesthesia. Twenty-four patients with left ventricular ejection fraction greater than 0.5 were prospectively studied in a double-blind manner; those requiring emergency procedures were excluded. They were randomized to receive either oral clonidine or placebo together with their premedication. ⋯ The postbypass hemodynamic profiles were similar. Severe hemodynamic impairment occurred in the clonidine group during warming in the postoperative period: this group showed a drop in systemic vascular resistance index (1276 +/- 347 v 1757 +/- 415 dyn.sec.cm-5.m2) that could not be compensated for by an increase in cardiac output despite normal filling pressures, causing hypotension (66 +/- 10 v 79 +/- 16 mmHg). This hemodynamic status led to greater requirements for vasoactive agents and inotropics in this group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 1993
Comparative StudyAccuracy of pulse oximetry in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease.
The use of a pulse oximeter to monitor arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) is considered accurate and reliable in the range of 90% to 100%. However, differing reports exist about the accuracy with desaturation. Thus, the suitability of pulse oximetry in desaturated patients was evaluated using a Nellcor N-100 oximeter. ⋯ Bias and precision between saturations measured by the pulse oximeter and the CO-oximeter were 5.8 and 4.8 in the group with a saturation below 80%, and 0.5 and 2.5 in the group with a saturation over 90%, respectively. Because the margin of safety for a patient is small when arterial saturation levels are under 80%, it is advisable under this condition to check the SaO2 measurements by a CO-oximeter. High hematocrit levels did not seem to be responsible for impaired accuracy of pulse oximetry at saturation values below 80%.