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Why we should be counting in the cardiac catheter lab: A discussion paper

Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 2023
Standards that are routinely applied in the operating suite may not be applied in the cardiac catheter laboratory. One such standard is the management of accountable items such as swabs, surgical instruments, sharps and sheaths. Well-known standards and
Stephanie Biggs, Paula Foran
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Global Cardiac Surgical Volume and Gaps: Trends, Targets, and Way Forward

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports, 2023
Background More than 1 million cardiac surgical procedures are estimated to occur yearly. Little is known about country-level procedural estimates and volumes needed to provide adequate population coverage.
D. Vervoort, Grace S Lee, Hiba Ghandour, C. Guetter, Najah Adreak, Brian M. Till, Yihan Lin   +6 more
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Systematic review of carbon footprint of surgical procedures.

Journal of visceral surgery, 2023
The ecological sustainability of the operating room (OR) is a matter of recent interest. The present systematic review aimed to review the current literature assessing the carbon footprint of surgical procedures in different surgical fields. Following to
N. De’angelis, Christel Conso, G. Bianchi, Ana Gabriela Barría Rodríguez, F. Marchegiani, M. Carra, Charlotte Lafont, F. Canouï-Poitrine, Karem Slim, P. Pessaux   +9 more
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Incidence of postoperative delirium in older adults undergoing surgical procedures: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 2023
BACKGROUND With the increase in life expectancy around the globe, the incidence of postoperative delirium (POD) among older people (≥65 years) is growing.
E. Igwe, J. Nealon, P. O'Shaughnessy, Alera Bowden, H. Chang, Mu-Hsing Ho, J. Montayre, A. Montgomery, K. Rolls, Kuei-Ru Chou, Kee-Hsin Chen, V. Traynor, Peter Smerdely   +12 more
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Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
Pala Rajesh, Naidu, Babu V, Babu Naidu, Marshall, Andrea, Bishay, Ehab, Maninder Kalkat, Ehab Bishay, Kerr, Amy, Richard Steyn, Wotton, Robin, Kalkat, Maninder, Steyn, Richard, Naidu, Babu, Rajesh, Pala B, Amy Kerr, Andrea Marshall, Kalkat, Maninder S, Marshall, A. (Andrea), Rajesh, Pala, Robin Wotton   +19 more
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"Non Working Beating Heart": novo método de proteção miocárdica no transplante cardíaco Non Working Beating Heart: a new strategy of myocardial protection during heart transplant

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2011
INTRODUÇÃO E OBJETIVO: Trata-se do implante em posição ortotópica bicaval bipulmonar do coração doado batendo em normotermia. Este estudo busca diminuir o tempo isquêmico e criar condições de ir se adaptando ao organismo hospedeiro. MÉTODOS: Já em CEC, a
Jarbas Jakson Dinkhuysen, Carlos Contreras, Reginaldo Cipullo, Marco Aurélio Finger, João Rossi, Ricardo Manrique, Hélio M. Magalhães, Paulo Chaccur   +7 more
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The utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in predicting postoperative cardiac events and mortality in patients undergoing major emergency non-cardiac surgery [PDF]

, 2007
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels predict cardiovascular risk in several settings. We hypothesized that they would identify individuals at increased risk of complications and mortality following major emergency non-cardiac surgery.Forty patients ...
Croal, Bernard L., McNeilly, Jane, Cuthbertson, Brian, Card, Gemma, Hillis, Graham   +4 more
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Identification of risk factors by systematic review and development of risk-adjusted models for surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are complications of surgery that cause significant postoperative morbidity. SSI has been proposed as a potential indicator of the quality of care in the context of clinical governance and monitoring of the ...
Wilson, AP, Pearson, A. (Andrew), ZH Krukowski, Bruce, J, Krukowski, Zygmunt H., Gibbons, C., Pearson, A, Lamping, Donna Louise, Reeves, BC, AP Wilson, DL Lamping, J Wilson, Krukowski, ZH, Lamping, DL, J Carpenter, Krukowki, ZH, J Bruce, Carpenter, J., Gibbons, C, A Pearson, Wilson, J, Wilson, A. P. (A. Peter), BC Reeves, Reeves, B. C., Wilson, Jennie, RGN, C Gibbons, Bruce, J. (Julie), Carpenter, J   +27 more
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Immediate orotracheal extubation after cardiac surgical procedures

Revista Cubana de Anestesiología y Reanimación, 2022
En la literatura científica existen evidencias, y cada vez hay más pruebas que demuestran que la separación del paciente del ventilador tras la cirugía cardiaca y la consecuente extubación precoz en las primeras 6 h del periodo posoperatorio, se puede ...
María Oslaida Aguero Martínez
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Feasibility, safety, and short-term outcome of totally thoracoscopic mitral valve procedure

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2018
Background The totally thoracoscopic procedure for mitral valve (MV) disease is a minimally invasive method. We investigated the procedure’s feasibility, safety and effectiveness when it was performed by an experienced operator.
Qin Jiang, Tao Yu, Keli Huang, Lihua Liu, Xiaoshen Zhang, Shengshou Hu   +5 more
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