Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Oct 2017
Risk model for deaths and renal replacement therapy dependence in patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious complication after cardiac surgery and is associated with increased in-hospital deaths. Renal replacement therapy (RRT) is becoming a routine strategy for severe AKI. Our goal was to evaluate the risk factors for death and RRT dependence in patients with AKI after cardiac surgery. ⋯ The prediction model may serve as a simple, accurate tool for predicting in-hospital RRT failure for patients with AKI following cardiac surgery.
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Oct 2017
Ten-year real-life effectiveness of coronary artery bypass using radial artery or great saphenous vein grafts in a single centre Chinese hospital.
Long-term effectiveness of coronary artery bypass grafting using radial artery (RA) or great saphenous vein (SVG) grafts as a second conduit was compared. ⋯ Using the RA as the secondary graft for coronary artery bypass grafting improved long-term postoperative survival and reduced the incidence of postoperative major adverse cardiovascular events.
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Oct 2017
Use of an intraoperative checklist to decrease the incidence of re-exploration for postoperative bleeding after cardiac surgery.
We have implemented an intraoperative checklist aiming to reduce the incidence of re-exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery. The present report addresses the results of adopting such a checklist regarding the incidence of postoperative bleeding. ⋯ An intraoperative checklist is feasible to implement, low cost, quick and simple to measure with a significant reduction in the incidence of re-exploration for bleeding. This report shows an example of the positive effects of transparency in publishing outcomes' data in cardiac surgery.