2018
The use of acute normovolemic hemodilution in paediatric cardiac surgery
Crescini WM, Muralidaran A, Shen I, LeBlanc A, You J, Giacomuzzi C, Treggiari MM. The use of acute normovolemic hemodilution in paediatric cardiac surgery. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2018, 62: 756-764. PMID: 29504128, DOI: 10.1111/aas.13095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute normovolemic hemodilutionPediatric cardiac surgery patientsCardiac surgery patientsBlood productsHospital stayBaseline characteristicsSurgery patientsBlood lossNormovolemic hemodilutionSingle-center retrospective cohort studyUse of ANHHigh blood loss surgeryLower postoperative blood lossCongenital Heart Surgery scoreAllogenic blood productsAllogeneic blood productsDuration of ICUPostoperative blood lossRetrospective cohort studyLower blood lossPediatric cardiac surgeryMonths of ageAnaesthesiologists classificationANH groupPerioperative transfusion
2011
Cardioplegia and ventricular late potentials in cardiac surgical patients
Schütz N, Romand J, Yanez ND, Treggiari MM, Bendjelid K. Cardioplegia and ventricular late potentials in cardiac surgical patients. Journal Of Clinical Monitoring And Computing 2011, 25: 269. PMID: 21932050, DOI: 10.1007/s10877-011-9305-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOccurrence of LPCardiac surgical patientsCardiopulmonary bypassCardiac surgeryLate potentialsSurgical patientsAbnormal signal-averaged electrocardiogramPrevious myocardial infarctionSignal-averaged electrocardiogramConclusionsThe present studyVentricular late potentialsCPB durationMyocardial infarctionPre-post scoresMyocardial ischemiaVentricular tachycardiaElective patientsSudden deathPatientsSurgeryCardioplegiaMcNemar testPositive scoreScoresNegative scores