Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Jun 2010
The effect of the suspension of the license for aprotinin on the care of patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a survey of cardiac anesthesiologists' and surgeons' opinions in the United Kingdom.
The primary aim was to poll the opinions of cardiac anesthesiologists and surgeons as to the effect of the suspension of the license for aprotinin on patients undergoing cardiac surgery. ⋯ While the majority of respondents felt that the suspension of the license for aprotinin had no effect, almost a third felt it had impacted negatively on the care of patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Jun 2010
Weaning mechanical ventilation after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft procedures directed by noninvasive gas measurements.
Partial pressure of carbon dioxide and oxygen were transcutaneously measured in adults after off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery. The clinical use of such measurements and interchangeability with arterial blood gas measurements for weaning patients from postoperative mechanical ventilation were assessed. ⋯ More than three fourths of the patients were weaned from mechanical ventilation and extubated based on transcutaneous gas values alone after OPCAB surgery. The noninvasive transcutaneous carbon dioxide measurement can be used as a surrogate for arterial carbon dioxide measurement to manage postoperative OPCAB patients.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Jun 2010
Comparative StudyA comparison of central and mixed venous oxygen saturation in circulatory failure.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether central venous oxygen saturation can be used as an alternative to mixed venous oxygen saturation in patients with cardiogenic and septic shock. ⋯ Central and mixed venous oxygen saturation measurements are not interchangeable numerically.