Background Antifibrinolytic agents are commonly used during cardiac surgery to minimize
bleeding and to reduce exposure to blood products. We sought to determine whether …

Background Tranexamic acid reduces the risk of bleeding among patients undergoing cardiac
surgery, but it is unclear whether this leads to improved outcomes. Furthermore, there are …

Background Cerebral oxygen desaturation during cardiac surgery has been associated with
adverse perioperative outcomes. Before a large multicenter randomized controlled trial (…

Background: Persistent postoperative pain continues to be an underrecognized complication.
We examined the prevalence of and risk factors for this type of pain after cardiac surgery. …

Background Patients with a mediastinal mass are at risk for cardiorespiratory complications
in the perioperative period. The authors' objectives were to evaluate the incidence of life-…

Rationale: Lower limb muscle dysfunction contributes to exercise intolerance in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We hypothesized that signaling from lower limb muscle …

Background Most patients with coronary artery disease receive aspirin for primary or secondary
prevention of myocardial infarction, stroke, and death. Aspirin poses a risk of bleeding in …

Methods Forty patients requiring OLV for VATS were randomized to receive a BB (n= 20) or
a left-sided DL-ETT (n= 20). The primary endpoint was the time from pleural opening (…

Background— This observational study sought to identify the off-label use pattern of
recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) in cardiac surgery and to identify predictors of its …

… La nécessité d’une VUP influence aussi la période de ventilation a` deux poumons, étant
donné que la période précédant la VUP a un impact sur l’affaissement des poumons, et que …