Click here to access the article. Excerpt: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) continues to be an indispensable tool in critical care settings, in particular in patients with severe...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is the most used anticoagulant in patients receiving veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO). Its...

Click here to access the article. Background: The timely initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is crucial for providing life support. However, delays can occur when...

Click here to access the article. Excerpt: We read with great interest the article by Zhang and colleagues: a single-center experience showing that although 48.8% of all extracorporeal membrane...

Click here to access the article. Summary: Cerebral blood flow (CBF) autoregulation is the physiologic process whereby blood supply to the brain is kept constant over a range of cerebral...

Click here to access the article. Purpose: There is currently no consensus on the most appropriate blood transfusion strategy for older adults undergoing cardiovascular surgery. We aimed to...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: The study objective was to investigate whether a Ringer’s acetate based priming solution with addition of Mannitol and sodium concentrate...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted our team to develop new solutions for performing cardiac surgery without intravenous anesthetics due to a shortage...

Click here to access the article. Background: One of the main goals of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is targeting an adequate mean arterial pressure (MAP) during heart surgery, in order to...