Click here to access the article. Background: The perioperative risk factors that cause severe morbidity and prolongation of postoperative hospital stay after cardiac surgery should be...

Click here to access the article. Purpose: Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW) affects patient prognosis after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery, but its risk factors remain...

Click here to access the article. Background: No international consensus exists for standardized learning objectives (LOs) for curricular development nor certification to recognize clinical...

Click here to access the article. Background: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has grown rapidly over the past decades because of evolving indications, advances in circuit...

Click here to access the article. Background: Our previous showed that a blood management program in the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) department, reduced red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in adults has been used in post-cardiotomy patients who decline hemodynamically. Cardiogenic shock in...

Click here to access the article. Abstract: Transfusion of red blood cells (RBCs) is one of the most valuable and widespread treatments in modern medicine. Lifesaving RBC transfusions are...

Click here to access the article. Introduction: Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) insertion for diminished myocardial function is standard of care in cardiac surgery. Previous studies have...

Click here to access the article. Background: Patient outcomes are influenced by many confounding factors peri-operatively, including the type of surgery, anaesthesia, transfusion, and immune...