Click here to access the article. Objective: The hemoglobin threshold for a decision to transfuse red blood cells in univentricular patients with parallel circulation is unclear. A pediatric...

Click here to access the article. Background: The present article describes three cases of patients in cardiogenic shock (CS) with previous cardiac surgery that made them initially inoperable....

Click here to access the article. Angiotensin II (ANGII) is a vasoconstrictive eighth amino acid peptide, which increases blood pressure within a complex regulatory and counterregulatory system...

Click here to access the article. Background: As patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) progress to a higher stage, the risk for poor outcomes dramatically rises. Early identification of...

Click here to access the article. Background: Modifiable and non-modifiable factors contribute to development and progression of acute kidney injury (AKI) during cardiac surgery. We...

Click here to access the article. Objective: Excess blood loss from obstetrical hemorrhage requires transfusion of donor blood, a finite resource. Intraoperative cell salvage collects a...

Click here to access the article. The occurrence of thrombus formation within an extracorporeal membrane oxygenator is a common complication during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation engages in a continuous review of new, peer-reviewed, published cardiopulmonary resuscitation...

Click here to access the article. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) causes systemic inflammation and endothelial glycocalyx damage. Hydrogen has anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties;...