conclusions systemic arterial leukocyte filtration reduces the intubation time but has no other beneficial effect on the outcome of patients undergoing cabg or valve surgery. results the postoperative intubation time was significantly shorter in patients with leukocyte filters (0.014). there was no significant difference between two groups regarding other outcome relatedvariables. patients and ...

Views of elderly patients and their relatives on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. SIR—The results presented by Minors et al. that older subjects showed less day-today variation in life style as obtained from diary reports [1] correspond to findings revealed by compliance monitoring. This indirect assessment method, continuous electronic compliance monitoring, provides information about the actual...

Continuous improvement of both perfusion techniques and perfusion equipment has led to decreased morbidity after neonatal and pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass. Small pediatric circuits have been developed to decrease priming volume and foreign surface area. However, it is not clear if our existing technology allows for further miniaturization of the circuit without jeopardizing safety and hemoc...

This work describes the knowledge and experience of dentists about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A total of 273 dentists working at Shiraz, Iran were interviewed: 55% felt that they are able to define CPR, although only 37% had a correct concept; 51% believed they were able to perform CPR, however, none of them had received practical training in CPR; 4% of the interviewed professionals m...

Cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) poses a severe threat to life; cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) represents a challenge for research and assessment by nurses and their team. This study presents the most recent international recommendations for care in case of cardiopulmonary heart arrest, based on the 2005 Guidelines by the American Heart Association (AHA). These CPR guidelines are based on a la...

As surgical and catheter interventions advance, patients with congenital heart disease are now offered alternative treatment options that cater to their individual needs. Furthermore, collaboration between interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons have led to the development of hybrid procedures, using the best techniques of each respective field to treat these complex cardiac entities ...

One of the most common health problems are diseases of the cardiovascular system with a great bulk of disease burden; while a considerable number of cardiac patients undergo cardiac surgery; cardiac surgical procedures with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) are nowadays among the top list of surgical procedures. More than half of a century has passed since the introduction of total cardiopulmonary b...

Although atrial fibrillation (AF) development has been demonstrated to be associated with underlying cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension, valvular heart disease or diabetes mellitus; in a subset of relatively younger patients, no cardiopulmonary disease diagnosis can be established. AF patients younger than 60 years without clinical or echocardiographic evidence of cardiopulmonary di...