Bloodless Cardiac Surgery in a Neonate Weighing 2.8 kg

Management of cardiac surgery in the neonate.

The incidence of major congenital defects is approximately 2.5% of total births. Congenital heart disease and neural tube defects each account for about onethird of all defects. From several studies in Europe and the United States it is estimated that the incidence of congenital heart disease is about seven cases per 1000 births (Lancet, 1975). As more than one cardiac lesion is sometimes prese...

How to get a bloodless intra-cardiac field in mini-invasive cardiac surgery

Background/Introduction Minimally-invasive cardiac surgery is increasingly used in conjunction with peripheral cannulation. However, due to the relatively small diameter of the access vessels, thin walled venous cannulas are usually used in conjunction with augmentation. We have previously reported about 36F self-expanding cannulas which allow for remote cannulation and full flow (2.4 l/min m2)...

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Bloodless Pelvic Fracture Surgery

Vertebral compression fractures are the most common fractures associated with osteoporosis. Approximately 700,000 osteoporosis-related vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) occur each year in the U.S. Currently, treatment is focused primarily on prevention. When fractures occur in patients with osteoporosis, treatment options are limited to bed rest and pain medications because open surgery w...

Use of corfolsin dalopate following cardiac surgery in a neonate.

A FEMALE neonate, weighing 2,690 g, developed severe cyanosis immediately after birth, and was diagnosed as having complex heart anomaly (truncus arteriosus, interruption of aortic arch, aortopulmonary septal defect, patent ducts arteriosus, and persistent foramen ovale). Despite support with dopamine, dobutamine, and epinephrine, congestive heart failure developed. Therefore, total correction ...