2019
Flexible laryngeal mask with pharyngeal suction for nasal surgery
Zhou G, Rosenblatt W, Zhou S, Dai F, Heerdt P. Flexible laryngeal mask with pharyngeal suction for nasal surgery. Trends In Anaesthesia And Critical Care 2019, 26: 42-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.tacc.2019.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFlexible laryngeal maskPostoperative sore throatDuration of surgerySore throatLaryngeal maskAmount of bloodNasal surgerySuction catheterPharyngeal suctionSafe airway managementPeri-operative dataAirway-related complicationsRetrospective observational studyBlood lossAirway managementProspective studyHealthy patientsObservational studySurgeryLaryngeal surfaceCatheterBlood contaminationPatientsBloodThroat
2015
Non-invasive cardiac output monitoring for cesarean delivery under epidural anesthesia in a patient with Marfan syndrome and cardiomyopathy
Beaudry S, Pick J, Heerdt P. Non-invasive cardiac output monitoring for cesarean delivery under epidural anesthesia in a patient with Marfan syndrome and cardiomyopathy. International Journal Of Obstetric Anesthesia 2015, 25: 82-85. PMID: 26718697, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2015.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-invasive cardiac output monitoringCardiac outputCardiac output monitoringCesarean deliveryStroke volumeEpidural anesthesiaBaseline valuesMarfan syndromeLeft ventricular ejection fractionOutput monitoringUse of phenylephrineEnd of surgeryIntravascular volume depletionMaternal cardiac outputMitral valve replacementSystemic blood pressureAdequate surgical anesthesiaClose hemodynamic monitoringVentricular ejection fractionAcute blood lossAcute volume overloadStroke volume increaseValve replacementBlood lossBlood pressure