Search Results - "SURGENOR, Stephen D"
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The Association of Perioperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Decreased Long-Term Survival After Cardiac Surgery
Published in Anesthesia and analgesia (01-06-2009)“…Exposure to red blood cell (RBC) transfusions has been associated with increased mortality after cardiac surgery. We examined long-term survival for cardiac…”
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Limited Blood Transfusion Does Not Impact Survival in Octogenarians Undergoing Cardiac Operations
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-12-2012)“…Background We previously reported that transfusion of 1 to 2 units of red blood cells (RBCs) confers a 16% increased hazard of late death after cardiac…”
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A comparison of continuous video-EEG monitoring and 30-minute EEG in an ICU
Published in Epileptic disorders (01-12-2014)“…Aim. To determine whether there is added benefit in detecting electrographic abnormalities from 16–24 hours of continuous video‐EEG in adult medical/surgical…”
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Impact of preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction on long-term survival after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis
Published in Circulation Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (01-01-2013)“…The survival of patients who undergo aortic valve replacement (AVR) for severe aortic stenosis with reduced preoperative ejection fractions (EFs) is not well…”
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Effect of Prior Cardiac Operations on Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-10-2011)“…Background We examined a recent regional experience to determine the effect of a prior cardiac operation on short-term and midterm outcomes after coronary…”
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Hand Contamination of Anesthesia Providers Is an Important Risk Factor for Intraoperative Bacterial Transmission
Published in Anesthesia and analgesia (01-01-2011)“…We have recently shown that intraoperative bacterial transmission to patient IV stopcock sets is associated with increased patient mortality. In this study, we…”
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Comparison of Differing Sedation Practice for Upper Endoscopic Ultrasound Using Expert Observational Analysis of the Procedural Sedation
Published in Journal of patient safety (01-09-2009)“…Aim: To compare the quality between 2 commonly used sedation practices for upper endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) by using expert observational analysis of the…”
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Prevention of Intravenous Bacterial Injection from Health Care Provider Hands: The Importance of Catheter Design and Handling
Published in Anesthesia and analgesia (01-11-2012)“…Device-related bloodstream infections are associated with a significant increase in patient morbidity and mortality in multiple health care settings. Recently,…”
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Intraoperative red blood cell transfusion during coronary artery bypass graft surgery increases the risk of postoperative low-output heart failure
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (04-07-2006)“…Hemodilutional anemia during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is associated with increased mortality during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The impact…”
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The Association Between Heart Rate and In-Hospital Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Published in Anesthesia and analgesia (01-12-2002)“…Avoidance of tachycardia is a commonly described goal for anesthetic management during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. However, an association…”
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Long-term survival of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (04-07-2006)“…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with increased in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)…”
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Lowest hematocrit on bypass and adverse outcomes associated with coronary artery bypass grafting
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-03-2001)“…Background. Cardiac surgery patients’ hematocrits frequently fall to low levels during cardiopulmonary bypass. Methods. We investigated the association between…”
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Variability in Surgeons' Perioperative Practices May Influence the Incidence of Low-Output Failure After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
Published in Circulation Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (01-09-2012)“…Postoperative low-output failure (LOF) is an important contributor to morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. We sought to…”
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Rationalising the treatment of anaemia in cardiac surgery: short and mid-term results from a local quality improvement initiative
Published in Quality & safety in health care (01-10-2010)“…Transfusion of red blood cells, while often used for treating blood loss or haemodilution, is also associated with higher infection rates and mortality. The…”
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Transfusion practice in the critically ill
Published in Critical care medicine (01-12-2003)“…BACKGROUNDAnemia in the critically ill patient population is common. This anemia of critical illness is a distinct clinical entity characterized by blunted…”
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Development and Validation of the Dartmouth Operative Conditions Scale
Published in Anesthesia and analgesia (01-06-2005)“…Studies of pediatric sedation practice have suffered from the lack of an objective scale that would allow for a comparison of the effectiveness and safety of…”
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6. Value of overnight EEG monitoring in the ICU
Published in Clinical neurophysiology (2011)Get full text
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Rapid Response Team Responses
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (10-01-2007)Get full text
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Teamwork and collaboration in critical care: Lessons from the cockpit
Published in Critical care medicine (01-03-2003)Get full text
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Clinical outcomes after lower extremity revascularization: a comparison of epidural and general anesthesia
Published in The journal of applied research (01-09-2007)Get full text
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