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Intraoperative Redosing of Cefazolin and Risk for Surgical Site Infection in Cardiac Surgery

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
Intraoperative redosing of prophylactic antibiotics is recommended for prolonged surgical procedures, although its efficacy has not been assessed. We retrospectively compared the risk of surgical site infections in 1,548 patients who underwent cardiac ...
Giorgio Zanetti, Richard Giardina, Richard Platt   +2 more
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Astagneau, Bayat, Blackham, Bonds, Bunn, Cabaluna, Daoud, Darouiche, Edmiston, Fry, Gheorghe, Grauhan, Jakobsson, Kamel, Kent, Kirby, Krieger, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Leaper, Lyytikainen, Matatov, Melling, Pauli, Pinkney, Richet, Sanchez-Manuel, Stannard, Strecker, Tanner, Tanner, Taylor, Thibon, Togioka, Turtiainen, Ubbink, Wang, Webster, Williams, Yokoe   +42 more
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New anthropometric classification scheme of preoperative nutritional status in children: A retrospective observational cohort study [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: WHO uses anthropometric classification scheme of childhood acute and chronic malnutrition based on low body mass index (BMI) (\u27wasting\u27) and height for age (\u27stunting\u27), respectively.
Dibbins, Albert, Hall, Bruce L, Innis, Sheila, Moss, R. Lawrence, Rangel, Shawn J, Ricks-Oddie, Joni, Skarsgard, Erik D, Stey, Anne   +7 more
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Cardiac Surgery in Jehovah's Witness Patients: Experience of a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Introduction: The outcomes of Jehovah's Witness (JW) patients submitted to open heart surgery may vary across countries and communities. The aim of this study was to describe the morbidity and mortality of JW patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a ...
Felipe Homem Valle, Fernando Pivatto Júnior, Bruna Sessim Gomes, Tanara Martins de Freitas, Vanessa Giaretta, Miguel Gus   +5 more
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How to Reveal Arrhythmias in Vascular Surgery Patients [PDF]

, 2010
In Europe, with an overall population of approximately 490 million, crude estimates of 7 million major surgical procedures are conducted annually. Cardiac events, such as myocardial infarction (MI) and cardiac death, are a major cause of perioperative ...
Winkel, T.A. (Tamara)
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Survival after postoperative morbidity: a longitudinal observational cohort study [PDF]

, 2014
Prolonged morbidity after surgery is associated with a risk of premature death for a longer duration than perhaps is commonly thought; however, this risk falls with time.
Emberton, M., Grocott, M.P.W., Haddad, F.S., Harris, S., Moonesinghe, S.R., Mythen, M.G., Rowan, K.M.   +6 more
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An evolution from the art of cardiac surgery to science-based objective measures for crucial elements in surgical procedures [PDF]

, 2021
J. Michael Hasenkam
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Correlation between preoperative cardiac function and postoperative acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery

Linchuang shenzangbing zazhi, 2021
Objective To explore the correlation and prognosis between preoperative cardiac function and postoperative acute kidney injury（AKI）after cardiac surgery.Methods A total of 1,468 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery were admitted into Intensive Care ...
Hou Ke-long, Shen Xiao, Li Jing, Sun Fang, Zou Lei, Zhang Cui, Mu Xin-wei   +6 more
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Control of hyperglycaemia in paediatric intensive care (CHiP): study protocol. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that tight blood glucose (BG) control improves outcomes in critically ill adults. Children show similar hyperglycaemic responses to surgery or critical illness.
A Ceriello, A Ceriello, A Ceriello, A Chiaretti, A Rovlias, A Russo, A Russo, AA Ferrando, AA Ferrando, Allan Goldman, Ann Truesdale, AP Furnary, AP Furnary, B Halverson-Steele, CK Rayner, Claire Snowdon, D Ardigo, D Ardigo, D Ardigo, D Field, DA Schoenfeld, DC Angus, DC Angus, Deborah Percy, Diana Elbourne, Duncan Macrae, Elizabeth Allen, EV Faustino, G Paret, G Van den Berghe, G Van den Berghe, Helen Betts, J Lacroix, JL Haybittle, JM Hoxworth, John Pappachan, K Esposito, K Katsura, K Malmberg, K Malmberg, Kevin Morris, KJ Jenkins, LM McManus, M Cornblath, MAQ Curley, Margrid Schindler, Mark Peters, MF Oliver, Michael Broadhead, MM Gearhart, NJ Hall, P Lange, PA Li, Paul Baines, Peter-Marc Fortune, R Peto, RE Anderson, RG Branco, Richard Grieve, Robert Tasker, Roger Parslow, S Leteurtre, S Yendamuri, SE Capes, SE Capes, Simon Nadel, Tara Quick, The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network, TM Vriesendorp, TN Pham, UN Das, UN Das, UN Das, V Srinivasan, WA Pulsinelli, WD Dietrich, Zdenek Slavik   +76 more
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Robot-Assisted Surgical Treatment of Caseoma [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal
This report reviews 5 cases of mitral annular caseoma. Four patients presented with fatigue, stroke, or mitral stenosis. Robot-assisted resection of caseoma with or without mitral valve replacement was successfully performed in all patients with good ...
Nancy Wang, BS, Abdussalam Elsenousi, MD, Kenneth K. Liao, MD, PhD   +2 more
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