Cohort Study of Albumin versus Lactated Ringer's for Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Fluid Resuscitation in the Intensive Care Unit
Fink RJ, Young A, Yanez ND, Hom M, Mai J, Treggiari M, Merkel M. Cohort Study of Albumin versus Lactated Ringer's for Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Fluid Resuscitation in the Intensive Care Unit. Pharmacotherapy The Journal Of Human Pharmacology And Drug Therapy 2018, 38: 1241-1249. PMID: 30403299, DOI: 10.1002/phar.2195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntensive care unitPostcardiac surgery patientsCardiovascular intensive care unitFluid resuscitation strategySurgery patientsCare unitCohort studySecondary outcomesAlbumin useResuscitation strategiesPost interventionAfter cohort studyPost-intervention periodPost-intervention time periodsNet cost savingsIntervention time periodFluid resuscitationClinical parametersAlbumin reductionEvidence-based practiceAdmission ordersIntervention periodLactated Ringer'sPatientsEducational interventionRight Ventricular Systolic Performance Determined by 2D Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography and Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery
Yockelson SR, Heitner SB, Click S, Geleto G, Treggiari MM, Hutchens MP. Right Ventricular Systolic Performance Determined by 2D Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography and Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery. Journal Of Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2018, 33: 725-731. PMID: 30316640, PMCID: PMC6379134, DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryRV systolic pressureSpeckle tracking echocardiographyCardiac surgeryAKI groupTransthoracic echocardiogramKidney injurySystolic pressureMyocardial performanceElevated RV systolic pressureRight ventricular myocardial performanceCardiovascular intensive care unitRetrospective observational cohort studyRV myocardial performancePreoperative serum creatinineCardiac surgery patientsCentral venous pressureObservational cohort studyVentricular systolic performanceSerum creatinine valuesVentricular myocardial performanceBody mass indexIntensive care unitIntravascular volume statusSpeckle-tracking analysis