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Filter by:Cardiac surgery is a critical intervention for a variety of cardiovascular conditions, yet it can frequently results in a spectrum of postoperative complications. Amongst various morbidities, Post-Operative Pulmonary Complications (POPCs) represent a significant clinical challenge leading to adverse outcomes like increased morbidity, mortality, and raised healthcare expenditures. The diaphragm, as the principal respiratory muscle, plays a pivotal role in maintaining pulmonary function. Diaphragmatic dysfunction (DD) in the perioperative period of Cardiac surgery has an incidence of up to 20%. Understanding the impact of DD on postoperative pulmonary function is imperative for optimizing patient care and clinical outcomes. Its occurrence has been linked to a spectrum of respiratory complications, ranging from pneumonia to difficulty in weaning from mechanical ventilation. In recent years, the advent of point-of-care ultrasonogram (POCUS) has emerged as a promising modality for real-time monitoring of DD. It offers a more accessible and feasible approach compared to traditional methods, providing immediate feedback on diaphragmatic movement, and facilitates timely intervention. Ultrasound has been used to assess Diaphragmatic Inspiratory Amplitude (DIA) (the expansion of the diaphragm when breathing). DIA has been shown to decrease in the post-operative period after cardiac surgery, which has been well-correlated with the occurrence of POPCs, however, its predictive value has not yet been studied in a cohort of cardiac surgical patients. Hence, we aim to address this gap by exploring the utility of DIA measured by ultrasonogram as a predictive tool in anticipating the occurrence of POPCs. We hypothesize that DIA can predict the occurrence of POPC in cardiac surgical patients. We will recruit 130 patients at University Hospital, London Health Science Centre, to this prospective, observational study.
POAM is a multicenter, randomized, controlled, internal pilot trial, using a conventional, parallel group, two-armed design at 3 cardiac surgery centres in Canada. The study is designed to assess the feasibility of a future, definitive RCT investigating whether, in patients with chronic iron-deficiency anemia undergoing cardiac surgery, IV iron therapy in the postoperative period (initiated shortly after surgery, and repeated at 42 days after surgery, if needed) improves clinical outcomes (days alive and out of hospital at 90 days after surgery; DAOH-90) relative to placebo.
This is a prospective study to evaluate the predictive value of the TEG 6s platelet mapping® (TEG 6s® PM) performed during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in the prediction of biological coagulopathy (determined by TEG 6S global hemostasis®), in cardiac surgery with high risk of bleeding.
PLTS-1 is a multicentre, randomized, controlled, pilot trial, using a conventional, parallel group, two-armed design at 2 cardiac surgery centres in Canada. The study is designed to assess the feasibility of a future, definitive RCT to determine the non-inferiority of cold-stored platelets compared to conventional platelets with respect to hemostatic effectiveness (total number of allogeneic blood products transfused within 24 hours after CPB), as well as safety.
Cardiac surgery is a frequent procedure that can lead to serious complications, including acute kidney injury (AKI) or postoperative delirium. During the intervention, a cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is used to ensure tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery (DO2). The hypothesisis that an individualized strategy to optimize DO2 during CPB could decrease complications rate after cardiac surgery. Indeed, it is known that DO2 depends on CPB output, hemoglobin level and O2 tension. To this day, a DO2 threshold below 280 mL is known to be associated with postoperative AKI. From these data, a "Goal Directed Perfusion" strategy is widely used to maintain a DO2 above this threshold during CPB. But DO2 decrease in unpredictable, and the other factors influencing DO2 interindividual variability are not known. Moreover, the relation between DO2 and tissue perfusion is not well established, as DO2 requirement could differ between individuals or organs. Population approach using nonlinear mixed models is a method used to optimize drug administration with pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics models. Using this method, the aim of this study is to evaluate DO2 variability during CPB and develop a model to optimize GDP strategy.
Among adults, patients undergoing elective extracorporeal circulation for cardiac surgery are included in the ERAS strategy intervention plan, which mainly includes preoperative education, preoperative oral intake of multidimensional carbohydrate beverages, multimodal analgesia, blood protection strategies, correction of perioperative hypoalbuminemia, early removal of tracheal intubation, maintenance of blood sugar at reasonable levels, and targeted liquid therapy. The traditional plan group follows the current clinical diagnosis and treatment routine. By comparing the differences in the incidence of major postoperative outcomes (MACCE events, major pulmonary complications, and acute kidney injury) between the intervention group and the non intervention group, as well as comparing other adverse events (including but not limited to pneumonia, massive bleeding, postoperative arrhythmia, incision infection, postoperative nausea, vomiting, and delirium), all cause secondary intubation, and all cause secondary surgery between the two groups, and recording hospitalization time, ICU stay time The removal time of tracheal intubation and drainage tube, as well as the pain score during hospitalization and the total amount of opioid drug use (converted to equivalent dose morphine), hospitalization cost, postoperative recovery quality QoR15 scale score, and patient satisfaction score, were recorded to explore whether the ERAS regimen can reduce the incidence of major postoperative adverse events, improve patient prognosis, and accelerate postoperative recovery compared to traditional regimens.
Researchers aim to demonstrate that the use of phototherapy is feasible and may reduce acute postoperative pain based on recent literature. The primary objective is to demonstrate that displaying light-emitting diodes [LED] can be achieved in the ICU setting in after cardiac surgery.
This study is a parallel group, single blind, randomized controlled trial. Patients with pulmonary hypertension who met the inclusion criteria and planned to undergo elective cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass from July 1, 2022 to December 1, 2024 in the Department of cardiac surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University were selected. After removing the aortic blocking forceps, the experimental group immediately injected the test drug (pituitrin 0.04u/ (kg · h)) intravenously, The control group was immediately injected with the corresponding dose of normal saline by intravenous pump. The main outcome was the composite endpoint of all-cause mortality 30 days after operation or common complications after cardiac surgery (stroke, requiring mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours, deep sternal wound infection, cardiac reoperation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, atrial fibrillation or acute renal injury).
The hypothesis under the study is that there could be a link between a dysfunction in peripheral microcirculation, sublingual microcirculation or cardiovascular control and the development of post cardiac surgery major morbidities (stroke, acute kidney injury, prolonged intubation, mediastinitis, surgical reopening, death). The state of sublingual microcirculation, of peripheral microcirculation and cardiovascular control will be assessed in 100 patients undergoing cardiac surgery during general anesthesia before the intervention and at the end of the intervention at the arrival in post-surgery ICU by means of signal processing techniques. The extracted markers will be used to assess a statistical prediction model of major morbidities.
The proposed research is an important extension of an ongoing perioperative personalized analgesia and intravenous opioid pharmacogenetic research. This research focuses on two of the most commonly used oral opioid analgesics, oxycodone, and methadone in elderly adults undergoing cardiac surgery.