Click here to access the article. Background: In on-pump cardiac surgery, the albumin priming strategy could maintain colloid osmotic pressure better than crystalloid solutions and reduce...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Incivility is a common issue within healthcare in the UK and internationally. Experienced by at least one-third of staff within the UK National...

Click here to access the article. Extract: Bayesian, neuronal and regression analysis to predict the risk of death remain the most common techniques employed in cardiac and thoracic surgery...

Click here to access the article. Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a cardiopulmonary bypass device that provides life-saving complete respiratory and cardiac support in...

Click here to access the article. Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) is an emerging approach to cardiac arrest. We present two contrasting cases from a high-volume...

Click here to access the article. Background: We compared the effect of perioperative COVID-19, before and after vaccination, on 30-day mortality after cardiac surgery.

Click here to access the article. Objectives: To investigate the incidence of preoperative abnormal iron status and its association with packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion, postoperative...

Click here to access the article. Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) not only significantly improves survival rates in severely ill neonates but also is associated with...

Click here to access the article. Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent perioperative complication. The underlying mechanisms of cardiac surgery-associated AKI are still not...