Click here to access the article. Patient blood management is a patient-centered evidence-based approach to improve patient outcomes by harnessing the patient's own hematopoietic system to...

Click here to access the article. Objectives: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) management may potentially play a role in the development of new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardiac surgery....

Click here to access the article. The term “cold agglutinin (CA)” refers to a group of disorders caused by anti-erythrocyte autoantibodies that preferentially bind RBCs at cold temperatures...

Click here to access the article. Background: In congenital heart surgery, low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS) is a major cause of morbidity in the immediate post-operative period. A decrease in...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Although surgical techniques and perioperative care have made significant advances, perioperative mortality in cardiac surgery remains relatively...

Click here to access the article. Background: Burnout has gained increasing attention worldwide as a phenomenon that affects health care professionals. However, there is a lack of relevant...

Click here to access the article. Background: Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is frequent. While two network meta-analyses assessed the impact of pharmacological...

Click here to access the article. Background: Isolated limb perfusion (ILP) is a regional cancer treatment in which high-dose chemotherapy is administered in an isolated extremity. The main...

Click here to access the article. Background: Hypersensitivity reactions to heparin are uncommon conditions but pose a serious clinical problem for patients requiring cardiopulmonary bypass....