J Cardiothorac Surg
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J Cardiothorac Surg · Jan 2011
Comparative StudyIs there any cardioprotective role of Taurine during cold ischemic period following global myocardial ischemia?
The aim of the present study was to investigate the cardioprotective effect of Taurine on the donor hearts during cold ischemic period. ⋯ Taurine decreased myocardial damage during cold ischemic period following global myocardial ischemia.
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J Cardiothorac Surg · Jan 2011
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyA comparative study of four intensive care outcome prediction models in cardiac surgery patients.
Outcome prediction scoring systems are increasingly used in intensive care medicine, but most were not developed for use in cardiac surgery patients. We compared the performance of four intensive care outcome prediction scoring systems (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II [APACHE II], Simplified Acute Physiology Score II [SAPS II], Sequential Organ Failure Assessment [SOFA], and Cardiac Surgery Score [CASUS]) in patients after open heart surgery. ⋯ CASUS and SOFA are reliable ICU mortality risk stratification models for cardiac surgery patients. SAPS II and APACHE II did not perform well in terms of calibration and discrimination statistics.
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J Cardiothorac Surg · Jan 2011
LetterIntraoperative PaO2 is not related to the development of surgical site infections after major cardiac surgery.
The perioperative use of high inspired oxygen fraction (FIO2) for preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) has demonstrated a reduction in their incidence in some types of surgery however there exist some discrepancies in this respect. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between PaO2 values and SSIs in cardiac patients. ⋯ We observed that the PaO2 in adult cardiac surgery patients was not related to SSI rate.