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Our recent focus has been working on survivors of CPR cognitive outcome. Do you know any groups or are you involved in similar projects? what are the most important issues to approach? Are there...
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We are intended to plan a project on POCD in cardiac surgical patients. Do you know any groups or are you involved in similar projects? Our center is a cardiac hospital with around 4000 patients...
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Recently we had a patient undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. The heart was still beating despite giving more than 300 mEq potassium in cardioplegia solution...
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Recently we had a patient candidate for CABG who was alert and oriented. The first K after induction was 8 mEq/L. This number was confirmed by recheck. Two measurements on CPB were 6.5 (with low...
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Do you follow blood conservation/transfusion guidelines in perioperative care in cardiac surgery? If so, do you use known international/regional guidelines or an institutional protocol? What are...
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Do you measure fibrinogen level to predict patient's need for fibrinogen concentrate, and use ROTEM in bleeding patients or try fibrinogen concentrate empirically?
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Using pulsatile cardiopulmonary bypass flow for protection against acute kidney injury is still controversial. Do you use pulsatile flow in your cardiac patients? How do you select the patients?...
26 November 2013 7,338 4 View
Is there any center in your university or hospital responsible for occupational stress management, mental health and workload regulation in residents? Do you have a special educational program for...
21 August 2013 1,537 1 View
Is it preferable to other ways of blood conservation? is there criteria for using RAP? Any comment on methods and patient selection?
06 August 2013 2,605 18 View
We have noticed in our cardiac patients that during ultrafiltration on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), urine output decreases contrary to CPB flow compensation. What's your opinion about possible...
08 July 2013 772 9 View
Dobutamine is considered as the first line inotrope for perioperative hemodynamic support in cardiac surgery by some of the classic references. What is your inotrope of choice? Have you stopped...
22 May 2013 6,028 19 View
Do you use difficult airways algorithms and guidelines in your daily practice or do you have your own strategy? Which algorithm have you found preferable? Do you think current guidelines are...
05 February 2013 3,829 11 View
What's your opinion about using Airtraq laryngoscope in emergency situations? Do you have Airtraq in emergency trolley in your hospital? As the first successful attempt is very important and...
07 January 2013 364 14 View
We used to add Voluven to priming solution of cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac coronary patients since five years ago. Now we want to omit Voluven to have a complete crystalloid prime with...
25 December 2012 5,292 2 View
