{"title":"A case of radiological dilemma after a central venous catheter positioning.","authors":"S Romagnoli","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 2","pages":"135-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/91/3b/hsrp-03-135.PMC3484625.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31264562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H Riha, J Fassl, P Patel, T Wyckoff, J Choi, J G Augoustides
{"title":"Major themes for 2010 in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia.","authors":"H Riha, J Fassl, P Patel, T Wyckoff, J Choi, J G Augoustides","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Significant variability in transfusion practice persists despite guidelines. Although the lysine analogues are effective antifibrinolytics, safety concerns exist with high doses tranexamic acid. Despite recombinant activated factor VII promising results in massive bleeding after cardiac surgery, it significantly increases arterial thromboembolic risk. Aortic valve repair may evolve to standard of care. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation is an established therapy for aortic stenosis. The cardiovascular anesthesiologist features prominently in the new guidelines for thoracic aortic disease. Although intense angiotensin blockade improves outcomes in heart failure, it might aggravate the maintenance of perioperative systemic vascular tone. Ultrafiltration is an alternative to diuresis for volume overload in heart failure. Management of heart failure titrated to brain natriuretic peptide activity reduces mortality. A major surgical advance has been the significant outcome improvement achieved with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices. Advanced liver disease is a significant predictor for perioperative bleeding, transfusion and mortality after ventricular assist device insertion. Acquired von Willebrand syndrome is not only common in patients with these devices but often aggravating bleeding and transfusion in this setting. Metabolic myocardial modulation with perhexilene significantly enhances effort tolerance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. A landmark report has highlighted future priorities in this disease. Pediatric cardiac surgical trials have revealed the importance of perioperative cerebral oxygen saturation monitoring and the Sano shunt. Advances in pediatric-specific ventricular assist devices will likely revolutionize pediatric heart failure. Recent reports have highlighted the priorities for future perioperative trials and for training models in pediatric cardiac anesthesia.</p>","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 1","pages":"33-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/84/3a/hsrp-03-033.PMC3484604.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31264047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vascular connector devices increase the availability of minimally invasive cardiac surgery to ischemic heart patients.","authors":"M Ramchandani, K Bedeir","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The revival of off-pump cardiac surgery and the exploration of less invasive techniques for coronary artery bypass grafting, have lead to an increasing technical difficulty, as compared to conventional surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass. The moving target vessel in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, as well as the increasingly limited space in minimally invasive cardiac surgery were not convenient to many surgeons, a fact that lead many surgeons to deprive their patients the potential benefits of these techniques. Since the 1950's, surgeons have attempted to make the anastomotic procedure less cumbersome and less time consuming. Many creative ideas and devices were made, but for many different reasons, they eventually faded away. Since then, hand-sewn anastomoses have been the standard of care in coronary artery bypass grafting. Today, with the obvious need for a facilitated and fast coronary anastomosis, interest in these anastomotic devices has been re-awakened. The exact geometry, physiology and dynamics of the perfect anastomosis have thus been studied, in an attempt to provide an understanding of reasons behind anastomosis and graft failure after coronary artery bypass surgery, and eventually design the best performing device. These devices would allow for a faster, more accurate and a more reproducible coronary anastomosis using minimally invasive techniques. Also, due to a short learning curve, the standardization of percutaneous devices would allow much more surgeons to more widely adopt less invasive techniques. In summary, we see anastomotic devices as a solution to the technical challenges surgeons encounter with minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting.</p>","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 4","pages":"239-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/74/7c/hsrp-03-239.PMC3563438.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31263441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The making of the Roland Hetzer International Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Society.","authors":"E M Delmo Walter","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 3","pages":"153-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/be/89/hsrp-03-153.PMC3484634.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31264564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R Kowalewski, D Seal, T Tang, C Prusinkiewicz, D Ha
{"title":"Neuraxial anesthesia for cardiac surgery: thoracic epidural and high spinal anesthesia - why is it different?","authors":"R Kowalewski, D Seal, T Tang, C Prusinkiewicz, D Ha","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anesthesiologists can offer much more then stable blood pressure and heart rate in the intraoperative period. By choosing appropriate anesthetic techniques they can tremendously influence perioperative stress. This may positively impact on the overall surgical outcome. One of the most intriguing aspects of neuraxial anesthesia is its ability to attenuate the stress response to surgery. At present there is no agreement on the clinical importance of such a response but there is substantial indirect evidence that it may play an important role in a patient's outcome. Neuraxial anesthesia supplemented by general anesthesia is justified and can be safely used in cardiac surgery. The authors of this expert opinion prefer spinal anesthesia to thoracic epidural anesthesia and have been using it routinely for the last 20 years without any neurological complications. The risk of spinal hematoma from a 27G spinal needle prior to full heparinization is unknown but in our opinion is remote. Both epidural and spinal techniques can and should have a place in modern cardiac anesthesia practice and should be further investigated.</p>","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 1","pages":"25-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/37/7f/hsrp-03-025.PMC3484610.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31264910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Müller, S Scholz, H Maxeiner, F Brenck, K Valeske, J Thul, H Akintürk
{"title":"Efficacy of inhaled iloprost in the management of pulmonary hypertension after cardiopulmonary bypass in infants undergoing congenital heart surgery. A case series of 31 patients.","authors":"M Müller, S Scholz, H Maxeiner, F Brenck, K Valeske, J Thul, H Akintürk","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Reactive pulmonary hypertension is frequent in children with high pulmonary flow and pressure. Inhaled iloprost and nitric oxide are the only substances approved as selective pulmonary vasodilators, but data about the effectiveness and safety of inhaled iloprost during cardiac surgery in infants and children are limited.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively analysed the effects of inhaled iloprost after cardiopulmonary bypass weaning on the ratio of mean pulmonary artery to mean arterial pressure. The effectiveness of the inhalation set up was tested in an in vitro study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-one patients received inhaled iloprost during surgery. The clinically used inhalation set up for inhaled iloprost delivered 20% to 30% (500 to 750 ng * kg-1) of the nebulizer dose and caused a decrease in the ratio of mean pulmonary artery to mean arterial pressure from 0.6±0.2 to 0.4±0.1 and 0.4±0.1 (30 and 60 minutes after)p <0.05. In eleven (35%) patients norepinephrine infusion was started.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our data suggest that a single dose of inhaled iloprost significantly decreases the ratio of mean pulmonary artery to mean arterial pressure for at least 60 min. Vasopressor support may be indicated to avoid systemic hypotension. The filled dose in the nebulizer should be high enough to compensate for the high depletion rate of the pediatric inhalation system. However, our study allows no final decision about beneficial or detrimental effects of the off label use of inhaled iloprost to reduce pulmonary artery pressure during congenital heart surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 2","pages":"123-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ea/a3/hsrp-03-123.PMC3484621.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31262886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G Santarpino, R Fasol, J Sirch, B Ackermann, S Pfeiffer, T Fischlein
{"title":"Impact of bispectral index monitoring on postoperative delirium in patients undergoing aortic surgery.","authors":"G Santarpino, R Fasol, J Sirch, B Ackermann, S Pfeiffer, T Fischlein","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Bispectral index monitoring can facilitate anesthesia care. We evaluated the association of Bispectral index with postoperative neurological outcome and delirium in patients undergoing aortic surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From 2006 to 2009, 292 consecutive patients undergoing aortic surgery were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were classified into 5 groups according to Bispectral index reduction: Group I (≤15%), Group II (15-20%), Group III (20-25%), Group IV (25-30%), and Group V (>30%).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The number of patients in each group was : 52 (17.8%), Group I; 125 (42.8%), Group II;68 (23.3%), Group III; 33 (11.3%), Group IV; 14 (4.8%), Group V. The incidence of delirium and neurological events was higher in Group IV and Group V(90.9% and 18.2% in Group IV, and 71% and 79% in Group V; both p<0.001). Only Group V showed a longer intensive care unit stay compared to Group I (13.5±10.3 vs 5.4±6.6 days; p=0.002), Group II (7.3±8.6 days, p=0.005) and Group III (6.7±6.5 days, p=0.015). Group V also showed a longer intubation time compared to Group I (228±211 vs 73±112 hours; p=0.008) and Group II (105±177 hours, p=0.002).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our data suggest a higher incidence of neurological deficits in patients with a Bispectral index reduction of >25% from baseline. Explanations for these findings are speculative with regard to the underlying mechanisms, and larger studies are warranted to clarify these issues.</p>","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 1","pages":"47-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/9a/d3/hsrp-03-047.PMC3484608.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31263446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alteration in respiratory physiology in obesity for anesthesia-critical care physician.","authors":"J Porhomayon, P Papadakos, A Singh, N D Nader","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obesity is known to be a major risk factor of a whole range of cardiovascular, metabolic and respiratory disorders. The pattern of regional fat distribution plays an important role in the pre-disposition of obese subjects to respiratory complications. Obesity is responsible for important changes in respiratory function both during spontaneous breathing as well as during general anesthesia and mechanical ventilation. The most characteristic abnormalities consist of decreased functional residual capacity, reduced expiratory reserve volume, decreased compliance and increased resistance of the respiratory system. Breathing at low lung volume promotes airway closure in the dependent lung zones with consequent gas exchange abnormalities even though lung carbon monoxide-diffusing capacity is normal or increased. Weight loss can reduce many of the alterations in pulmonary function related to obesity.</p>","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 2","pages":"109-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/63/f7/hsrp-03-109.PMC3484623.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31263554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preoperative IABP in high risk patients undergoing CABG.","authors":"T Theologou, M L Field","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A recent international consensus conference on the reduction in mortality in cardiac anesthesia and intensive care included intraoperative aortic balloon pump among the ancillary (i.e. non-surgical) drugs/techniques/strategies that might influence survival rates in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The consensus conferences state that \"Pre-operative intraoperative aortic balloon pump might reduce 30-day mortality in elective high risk patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery unless specifically contraindicated\". The authors of this \"expert opinion\" presents their insights into the use of the preoperative intraoperative aortic balloon pump and conclude that based on available limited randomized controlled trials and clinical experience preoperative intraoperative aortic balloon pump saves lives in unstable patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":89769,"journal":{"name":"HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia","volume":"3 1","pages":"21-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/34/25/hsrp-03-021.PMC3484603.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31264368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}