Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Aug 2004
The incidence and risk of acute renal failure after cardiac surgery.
To evaluate outcome and risk factors of acute renal failure in a surgical population with or without preoperative renal dysfunction. ⋯ This study confirms that acute renal failure is one of the major complications of cardiac surgery, identifies the risk factors, and suggests that optimizing cardiac output and reducing CPB time could improve the outcome of patients at high risk of acute renal failure.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Aug 2004
Relationship between peripheral and central venous pressures in different patient positions, catheter sizes, and insertion sites.
To investigate the relationship between peripheral and central venous pressures in different patient positions (supine, prone, lithotomy, Trendelenburg, and Fowler), different catheter diameters (18 G and 20 G), and catheterization sites (dorsal hand and forearm) during surgical procedures. ⋯ It has been assumed that replacing central venous pressure by peripheral venous pressure would cause problems in clinical interpretation. If the validity of this data is confirmed by further studies, the authors suggest that central venous pressure could be estimated by using regression equations to compare the 2 methods.