Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Dec 2017
Observational StudyNuclear DNA as Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft: A Pilot Study.
To measure the release of plasma nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and to assess the relationship between nuclear DNA level and acute kidney injury occurrence in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. ⋯ The authors found an increase of nuclear DNA in the plasma of patients who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, with a peak after 12 hours and an association of nuclear DNA with postoperative acute kidney injury.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Dec 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialIntravenous Acetaminophen Does Not Decrease Persistent Surgical Pain After Cardiac Surgery.
The authors investigated the hypothesis that perioperative acetaminophen reduces incisional pain at 30 and 90 days. ⋯ IV acetaminophen did not reduce the incidence or intensity of incisional pain at 30 days and 90 days after surgery.