BACKGROUND In off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, manipulations on the beating heart can lead to transient interruptions of myocardial oxygen supply, which can generate an accumulation of oxygen-dependent metabolites in coronary venous blood. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reliability of intravascular near-infrared spectroscopy as a monitoring method to detect possible isc...

The popularity of off-pump (beating heart) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was initially stimulated by numerous theoretical benefits including lower incidence of stroke and neurocognitive dysfunction. With a postoperative stroke rate of less than 1% for elective CABG, it has been very difficult to demonstrate any significant differences in this outcome between techniques. However, change...

Embolization is a rare but serious complication of venous central catheters in pediatric oncology. The reported cases in the literature are due in common to catheter ruptures. The most common cause is constant compression of the costoclavicular arch, known as "pinch-off" syndrome. We report a seven-year-old boy in whom embolization occurred as a late complication. Difficulty in the dissection o...

Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Conflicts to interest: none to declare. Abstract Objective: To evaluate the incidence of postoperative complications and mortality among patients submitted to elective or non-elective neurosurgery. Methods: Prospective cohort study in adult patients, followed from preoperative period until hospital discharg...

Purpose: The purposes are to determine malnutrition in elective general surgery patients via GLIM criteria, compare criteria with NRS2002 and the effect of on Length Stay (LoS). 
 Materials Methods: Malnutrition was detected GLIM. evaluated two different ways as 1-NRS2002 (first four questions) used a preliminary screening tool for 2-All were without assessment. Reduced muscle mass GLIM, a...

BACKGROUND Redo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is still associated with increased morbidity and mortality as compared to the first-time operation. Further, the application of the off-pump technique to redo CABG is limited due to technical difficulties. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze early and midterm results after redo CABG and compare the outcome of redo on-pump and...