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Annelizabeth ’s story: Care that feels like home, close to home
When you’re 5, it’s nice to have a place that feels like a second home. Where there are lots of hugs. And songs. And games. And you can curl up and watch “Frozen,” your favorite movie. For Annelizabeth Jean-Baptiste, a spunky Waltham kindergartener, that place is Boston Children’s Hospital at Waltham. Annelizabeth, or Annie (but never Anna, she says), first came to Boston Children’s at Waltham two weeks after she was born. Her mother Elcie wasn’t expecting that her fourth child would need special care. “It was a difficult pregnancy. I was very excited and relieved when she was born.” But that sense of rel...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - August 29, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Lisa Fratt Tags: Our Patients’ Stories Boston Children's at Waltham Dr. Rachael Grace sickle cell disease Source Type: news

Short-Term Outcomes After Off-Pump or On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Octogenarian Patients
Despite large randomized controlled trials demonstrating similar outcomes for of-pump or on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, the debate between proponents of each technique remains current.1 On-pump technique improves surgical exposure on a nonbeating heart but exposes the patient to a powerful inflammatory response and to ischemic stroke owing to cross clamping and cannulation. Off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) may reduce blood transfusion, postoperative length of hospital stay, postoperative neurocognitive decline, and systemic anticoagulation, but heart repositioning may be associated with hemodynamic instabi...
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - May 2, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: B érénice Tiquet, Jean David Blossier, Isabelle Orsel, Frank Pihan, Alessandro Piccardo, Jean Phillippe Marsaud, David Vandroux Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research