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Effectiveness of posterior pericardiotomy after valve replacement [PDF]
(J Card Surg 2006;21:638-639)Cardiac tamponade, especially posterior tamponade,is one of the most serious and potentially lethal com-plications occurring in a minority of patients after openheart surgery and yet most potentially correctable of ...
Erdil, Nevzat +2 more
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AbstractBackgroundCardiac surgery, traditionally conducted via median sternotomy, has been recently forwarded by progressively advanced technology facilitating sternal‐sparing minimally invasive, access to the heart. Robotic systems, comprised of miniaturized surgical instruments mounted on long thin shafts with multiple degrees of range of motion ...
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Objective: To assess the impact of fast track extubation versus late extubation in cardiac surgery patients being operated in Bahawal Victoria hospital, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Sajid Farooq +6 more
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Creatinine clearance versus serum creatinine as a risk factor in cardiac surgery [PDF]
Walter JA, Mortasawi A, Arnrich B, et al. Creatinine clearance versus serum creatinine as a risk factor in cardiac surgery. BMC Surgery. 2003;3(1): 4.BACKGROUND: Renal impairment is one of the predictors of mortality in cardiac surgery.
Mortasawi, Amir +21 more
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Purpose. The prognosis of mitral valve replacement is an important clinical issue and may produce unexpected mortality rates if not properly addressed. The postoperative examination results have important prognostic implications.
Yanhui Zhu +4 more
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ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen +23 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine +17 more
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Does preoperative education reduce anxiety in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery? [PDF]
The main purpose of the study was to find out whether preoperative education helps in reducing anxiety in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), by means of systematic review. About 28,000 CABG surgeries are done in UK every year, but
Isher, Sumeet K.
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The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma [PDF]
Includes bibliographical references.The vast majority of patients with penetrating cardiac injuries do not reach the hospital alive as the pre-hospital mortality rate for these injuries is in the region of 86%.
Nicol, Andrew John
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Aprotinin may increase mortality in low and intermediate risk but not in high risk cardiac surgical patients compared to tranexamic acid and ε-aminocaproic acid - a meta-analysis of randomised and observational trials of over 30.000 patients [PDF]
Background: To compare the effect of aprotinin with the effect of lysine analogues (tranexamic acid and ε-aminocaproic acid) on early mortality in three subgroups of patients: low, intermediate and high risk of cardiac surgery.
Meybohm, Patrick +15 more
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