Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Dec 2014
Meta AnalysisMeta-analysis on the Performance of the EuroSCORE II and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Scores in Patients Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement.
To evaluate the performance of the EuroSCORE II (ESII) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) scores in surgical (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). ⋯ The ESII and STS scores have good O/E ratios for either TAVR or SAVR patients, but both scores significantly underpredicted the risk of TAVR patients. ESII seemed to be accurate in predicting the risk of SAVR patients.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Dec 2014
Comparative Study Observational StudyCephalic Versus Digital Plethysmographic Variability Index Measurement: A Comparative Pilot Study in Cardiac Surgery Patients.
Noninvasive measurement of digital plethysmographic variability index (PVI(digital)) has been proposed to predict fluid responsiveness, with conflicting results. The authors tested the hypothesis that cephalic sites of PVI measurement (namely PVI(ear) and PVI(forehead)) could be more discriminant than PVI(digital) to predict fluid responsiveness after cardiac surgery. ⋯ PVI(forehead) was more discriminant than PVI(digital) and could be a valuable alternative to arterial PPV in predicting fluid responsiveness.