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Heparin resistance (HR), defined as a decrease in heparin responsiveness, can result in adverse events with prolonged duration of surgery. Although some clinical risk factors have been suggested, the relationship with the surgical diagnosis is unclear.
Yoshikazu Kimura +6 more
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Many pediatric cardiac surgery centers obtain mediastinal cultures at the time of delayed sternal closure (DSC). There are no recommendations regarding how to treat patients with positive cultures. We explored the clinical significance of positive mediastinal cultures with regard to surgical site infections (SSI).A retrospective study was performed on ...
Amanda L. Adler +4 more
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In recent years, bariatric surgery was found to have therapeutic potential for the treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in severely obese patients (body mass index [BMI] ≥35 kg/m2) and to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and mortality. However, the benefit of CVD risk reduction after metabolic surgery in nonseverely obese T2D patients (BMI
Jih-Hua Wei +5 more
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Surgical masks in the operating theatre: they are really necessary in cardiovascular procedures.
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Mustafa Çıkırıkçıoğlu +1 more
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Arterial blood pressure and pulse rate changes following tracheal intubation were studied in 80 patients undergoing oral surgical procedures who received an etomidate/suxamethonium anesthetic induction sequence. Three treatment groups and a control group were used.
J Roelofse +3 more
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In-hospital cardiac catheterization (CC) charges among MetLife group health insureds and their dependents averaged $10,880 during 1992. Among the 24 states in which 50 or more CCs were performed, the average total charges ranged from a low of $6,400 in Maryland to a high of $17,600 in California. Not only were these California charges 2.75 times higher
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Humberto Rafael Silva Licera +1 more
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Nosocomial candidemia is an important infection because of its increasing incidence and its high fatality rate. Candidiasis involves multiple risk factors. In this work, we study the degree of Candida colonization in cardiovascular surgical patients by taking into account the number of sites colonized and the density of growth.Eleven (11) selected ...
K Yazdanparast +4 more
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