Click here to access the article. Introduction: Postoperative delirium (POD) has a major impact on patient recovery after cardiac surgery. Although its pathophysiology remains unclear, there...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Early cardiac surgery in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease has been performed since the middle to late years of the twentieth...

Click here to access the article. Rationale: Acute renal failure (ARF) is one of the most serious complications of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery. Serum creatinine level is a key compound...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: We aimed to compare the inflammatory cytokines levels of the miniaturized and conventional extracorporeal circuit system. The miniaturized...

Click here to access the article. Background: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a noninvasive tool frequently used during cardiac surgery and postoperatively in the cardiac intensive care...

Click here to access the article. Objectives: Examine the: 1) relative role of hemodynamic determinants of acute kidney injury (AKI) obtained in the immediate postcardiac surgery setting...

Click here to access the article. Background: Acute microcirculatory perfusion disturbances and organ edema are important factors leading to organ dysfunction during cardiac surgery with...

Click here to access the article. Background: In this pilot study, we investigated continuous cerebral blood flow velocity measurements to explore cerebrovascular hemodynamics in infants with...

Click here to access the article. Objectives: Quantify the relationship between perioperative anaerobic lactate production, microcirculatory blood flow, and mitochondrial respiration in...