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Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery: Prediction, Prevention, and Management.

open access: yesAnesthesiology, 2023
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in cardiac surgery patients, with a reported incidence of 20 to 30%. The development of AKI is associated with worse short- and long-term mortality, and longer hospital length of stay.
Sreekanth R. Cheruku   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2021
BACKGROUND Surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage has been hypothesized to prevent ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, but this has not been proved.
R. Whitlock   +30 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

High-Sensitivity Troponin I after Cardiac Surgery and 30-Day Mortality.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2022
BACKGROUND Consensus recommendations regarding the threshold levels of cardiac troponin elevations for the definition of perioperative myocardial infarction and clinically important periprocedural myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery ...
P. Devereaux   +48 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk factors of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

open access: yesJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021
Background Postoperative delirium is a frequent event after cardiac surgery. This meta-analysis aimed to identify relevant risk factors. Method In this meta-analysis, all original researches regarding patients undergoing mixed types of cardiac surgery ...
Haiyan Chen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Females have an increased risk of short‐term mortality after cardiac surgery compared to males: Insights from a national database

open access: yesJournal of cardiac surgery, 2022
Female sex is considered a risk factor for mortality and morbidity following cardiac surgery. This study is the first to review the UK adult cardiac surgery national database to compare outcomes following surgical coronary revascularisation and valvular ...
L. Dixon   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cardiac Surgery.

open access: yesJournal of the American College of Surgeons, 2023
Tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (TVIE) is strongly associated with IV drug use (IVDU); device implants also represent significant risk factors.
Laszlo Göbölös   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prediction of the development of acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery by machine learning

open access: yesCritical Care, 2020
Background Cardiac surgery–associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is a major complication that results in increased morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. Most established prediction models are limited to the analysis of nonlinear relationships
Po-Yu Tseng   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of Volatile Anesthetics in Cardioprotection: a systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This review evaluates the mechanism of volatile anesthetics as cardioprotective agents in both clinical and laboratory research and furthermore assesses possible cardiac side effects upon usage.
Applegate, Richard L   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Early changes in diaphragmatic function evaluated using ultrasound in cardiac surgery patients: a cohort study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Little is known about the evolution of diaphragmatic function in the early post-cardiac surgery period. The main purpose of this work is to describe its evolution using ultrasound measurements of muscular excursion and thickening fraction (TF).
Achouh, Paul   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Pregabalin effect on acute and chronic pain after cardiac surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction. Pain after cardiac surgery affects long-term patient wellness. This study investigated the effect of preoperative pregabalin on acute and chronic pain after elective cardiac surgery with median sternotomy. Methods.
Arnaoutoglou, Elena   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

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