Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Sep 2023
ReviewA Narrative Review of Clinical Decision Support Systems for Perioperative Bleeding Management in Cardiac Surgery.
Bleeding complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery are common. The clinician must assimilate multiple sources of monitoring information, make rational decisions on the etiology of the bleeding, and then formulate a treatment strategy. Clinical decision support systems that acquire this information and present the data in an easily usable format may be useful tools to guide the physician in optimizing treatment strategies through adherence to evidence-based best practice guidelines. The authors present a narrative review of the literature and discuss how clinical decision support systems may be useful to the clinician.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Sep 2023
Observational StudyMeasurement of Stroke Volume With Echocardiography Compared to Gold Standard Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: An Observational Study.
The authors aimed to compare the assessment of left ventricular (LV) stroke volume with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) using 2- and 3-dimensional (2D and 3D) Doppler and volumetric techniques with gold standard cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). ⋯ Of the 4 echocardiographic LV stroke volume measurement methods the authors assessed, stroke volume with LVOT Doppler using 3D measurement of LVOT area most closely approximates gold standard CMR.