Neurologic complications after cardiac surgery are of growing importance for an aging
surgical population. In this review, we provide a critical appraisal of the impact of current …

BACKGROUND: Near-infrared spectroscopy is used during cardiac surgery to monitor the
adequacy of cerebral perfusion. In this systematic review, we evaluated available data for …

Purpose To assess whether obesity is associated with mortality or other adverse intensive
care unit (ICU) and post-ICU outcomes. Methods A meta-analysis of studies from PubMed and …

Background—Stroke after cardiac surgery is a devastating complication that leads to excess
mortality and health resource utilization. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors …

Background and Purpose—Individualizing mean arterial blood pressure targets to a patient’s
cerebral blood flow autoregulatory range might prevent brain ischemia for patients …

Remifentanil is a mu-opioid receptor agonist with a context sensitive half-time of 3 min and an
elimination half-life< or= to10 min. This study sought to evaluate the efficacy of remifentanil …

The purpose of this study was to prospectively evaluate whether heparin and protamine doses
administered using a standardized protocol based on body weight and activated clotting …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most frequent complications of cardiac surgery, affecting
more than one third of patients. The mechanism of this arrhythmia is believed to be reentry. …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common complication of cardiac operations that leads to increased
risk for thromboembolism and excessive health care resource utilization. Advanced age, …

A whole blood hemostasis system (Hepcon) provides both activated clotting time and accurate
whole blood heparin concentration measurements via an automated protamine titration …