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Old Drug, New Route: A Systematic Review of Intravenous Acetaminophen After Adult Cardiac Surgery
THE MANAGEMENT OF postoperative pain after cardiac surgery remains clinically challenging. Well-controlled pain is critical to maintaining the physical and psychologic well-being of each patient and can help facilitate timely extubation, comfortable breathing, and early postoperative ambulation. On the other hand, left poorly managed, postoperative pain can lead to rising catecholamine levels, ultimately triggering myocardial ischemia, stroke, or bleeding complications.1-3 Insufficient pain control also can limit patient mobility, increasing the risk of deep vein thrombosis and pneumonia, in addition to the harmful psychol...
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - August 2, 2016 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Daniel J. Douzjian, Alexander Kulik Tags: Review ArticleGiovanni Landoni, MDSection Editors? > Source Type: research

Postoperative Stroke Following Administration of Intraoperative Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator for the Treatment of Intracardiac Thrombus During Liver Transplantation: A Report of Two Cases
MASSIVE INTRACARDIAC AND PULMONARY thromboembolism have an extremely high mortality during liver transplantation.1,2 The authors describe 2 cases in which intraoperative use of tissue plasminogen activator was able to reduce the thrombus size and improve hemodynamics during liver transplantation. Although both patients survived the surgery, they suffered neurologic sequelae postoperatively. The authors discuss the current understanding of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of intracardiac thromboembolism during liver transplantation.
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - October 22, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Stephen Aniskevich, Beth L. Ladlie, Sher-Lu Pai, Dana K. Perry, Juan M. Canabal, C. Burcin Taner Tags: Case Report Source Type: research

Arterial Closure Devices for Treatment of Inadvertent Large-Caliber Catheter Insertion Into the Subclavian or Carotid Artery: A Case Series of Five Patients
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION is a common procedure in today`s medicine. Iatrogenic complications occur in up to 34% of catheter placements including 5% of arterial puncture. A variety of complications by arterial puncture have recently been described, including airway obstruction, pseudoaneurysms, arteriovenous fistulas, and even stroke caused by arterial thrombosis or embolization. Although 2-D ultrasound assisted insertion of large central venous catheters may reduce adverse events, it might not be available in an emergency setting, and the use of ultrasound guidance requires training. Depending on anatomic localizatio...
Source: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia - September 9, 2013 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Arno Stellmes, Nicolas Diehm, Malte Book, Jürg Schmidli, Dai-Do Do, Jan Gralla Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research

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