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Cardiac Index Assessment by the Pressure Recording Analytic Method in Critically Ill Unstable Patients After Cardiac Surgery
(Elsevier B.V., 2013-12-01)
Objective: the authors measured cardiac index in unstable patients after cardiac surgery with the Pressure Recording Analytic Method (PRAM) and compared it with the reference method of thermodilution (ThD) with the pulmonary ...
Intraoperative lactate levels and postoperative complications of pediatric cardiac surgery
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-08-01)
Objectives: Correlate arterial lactate levels during the intraoperative period of children undergoing cardiac surgery and the occurrence of complications in the postoperative period. Aim: Arterial lactate levels can indicate ...
Fatores pré-operatórios associados à injúria renal aguda após cirurgia cardíaca: estudo prospectivo
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 2008-05-01)
OBJECTIVES. To evaluate the clinical characteristics and co-morbidities associated with development of Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery in patients of a predominantly tertiary care university hospital.METHODS. ...
Perioperative cardiac arrest: a study of 53718 anaesthetics over 9 yr from a Brazilian teaching hospital
(Oxford University Press, 2006-05-01)
Background. Little information exists regarding factors influencing perioperative cardiac arrests and their outcome. This survey evaluated the incidence, causes and outcome of perioperative cardiac arrests in a Brazilian ...
Perioperative cardiac arrest and its mortality in children. A 9-year survey in a Brazilian tertiary teaching hospital
(Blackwell Publishing, 2006-08-01)
Background: the incidence of perioperative cardiac arrest and mortality in children is higher than in adults. This survey evaluated the incidence, causes, and outcome of perioperative cardiac arrests in a pediatric surgical ...
Serum albumin and clinical outcome in pediatric cardiac surgery
(Elsevier B.V., 2005-05-01)
Objective: We evaluated the behavior of serum albumin concentrations in response to metabolic stress that is associated with cardiac surgery and the role of this protein as a predictor of clinical outcome in children at ...
Conventional and conventional plus modified ultrafiltration during cardiac surgery in high-risk congenital heart disease
(Edizioni Minerva Medica, 2001-08-01)
Background. This prospective nonrandomized study is the critical assessment of conventional ultrafiltration (CUF) and modified ultrafiltration (MUF) techniques and their efficiency in congenital heart disease surgeries. ...
Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest and Mortality: A Study From a Tertiary Teaching Hospital
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)
Coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass through sternotomy and minimally invasive procedure
(Elsevier B.V., 1997-12-01)
Coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is now an accepted technique of myocardial revascularization in a special subset of patients, This paper presents our total experience in 1761 cases ...
Reduction of diameter of the left ventricle of dogs by plication of the left ventricular free wall
(2001-03-01)
Objective - To determine effects of reducing the diameter of the left ventricle of dogs by plication of the left ventricular free wall. Animals - 8 healthy adult mixed-breed dogs. Procedure - Left lateral thoracotomy and ...