The COVID-19 Impact on Cardiac Surgical Volume and Hospital Revenue
In April 2022, practitioners from the University of Pittsburgh Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery delved further into the observed impact of COVID-19 on the number of cardiac surgeries, the financial burden, and what can be expected as institutions work on recovering. The full manuscript, written by Edgar…
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Pediatric Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Treatment With ECMO
In May 2022, researchers from the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Departments of Pediatrics, Rheumatology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatric Nephrology, and New York Medical College Department of Pediatrics presented the case of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) vasculitis in a pediatric patient treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The complete study by Rachel Finkel, Jesse Honig,…
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Crystalloid Fluid Choice in Adults with Sepsis
In April 2022, researchers from the University of Toledo, Departments of Internal Medicine, Neurology, Critical Care Medicine, and Rheumatology compared the effect of balanced crystalloids (BC) vs. normal saline (NS) in adults with sepsis. The full manuscript by Azizullah Beran, Nehaya Altorok, Omar Srour, Saif-Eddin Malhas, Waleed Khokher, Mohammed Mhanna, Hazem Ayesh, Nameer Aladamat, Ziad…
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Cervical Cancer with Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Management With HIPEC
In February 2022, scientists from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Departments of Internal Medicine, Clinical Pathology, Gynecologic Oncology, and Oncology, and Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Surgical Oncology presented two patients who had recurrent cervical adenocarcinoma with peritoneal carcinomatosis and were treated with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). The full manuscript by Taliya…
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Managing A Fungal-Infected Prosthetic Aortic Graft with Robotic-Assisted Closed-Chest Techniques
In May 2022, researchers from Lenox Hill Hospital Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery provided a case report on the treatment of a fungal prosthetic graft infection using a robotic-assisted debridement of the aortic graft within a closed chest. The complete report by Ashley T. Giammarino, Iam Claire Sarmiento, SJacob Scheinerman, John Winalski, Richard S….
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Evaluating Interfacility ECMO Transfer Outcomes by Cannulation Location and Mode of Transport
A study published in March 2022 evaluated complications and in-hospital mortality in patients treated with Venovenous (VV) ECMO based on cannula locations and transport mode. The manuscript, written by Jillian K. Wothe, Zachary R. Bergman, Krystina R. Kalland, Logan G. Peter, Elizabeth R. Lusczek, and Melissa E. Brunsvold at the University of Minnesota, can be…
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Successful Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in A Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis
In March 2022, a research team from Gunma University detailed the treatment of CABG in situs inversus totalis, a rare anomaly that has been minimally reported in the literature. The complete manuscript by Atsushi Oi, Wataru Tatsuishi, Jun Mohara, Toshikuni Yamamoto, and Tomonobu Abe was published in the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. The case report is…
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Endovascular Embolization as a Treatment for Subdural hematoma in LVAD Patients
In March 2022, practitioners from the Department of Neurosurgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine described a case study of a 63-year-old female with a preexisting LVAD who received treatment for a chronic subdural hematoma. Below we have summarized the findings from the case report, with the entire manuscript, written by Gnel Pivazyan, Mitchell B….
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Best Practice Recommendations for Optimizing Care in Structural Heart Programs Using PEARLS
In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from coast to coast worked together to offer recommendations for best practices in Planning Efficient and Resource Leveraging Systems (PEARLS) in structural heart programs. The entire manuscript was written by Elizabeth M. Perpetua, Kimberly A. Guibone, Patricia A. Keegan, Roseann Palmer, Martina K. Speight, Kornelija…
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Renal Hemodynamics And Oxygenation in Critically Ill Patients and After Major Surgery
In May 2021, researchers from the University of Gothenburg Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine took an in-depth analysis of the health status of those with acute renal dysfunction due to health conditions such as early clinical septic shock, chronic renal failure, postoperative AKI, liver transplantation, and cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. The complete…
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Uncovering Hot Topics in Healthcare Operations and Supply Chain Management
In March 2022, Imran Ali and Devika Kannan released a paper that sought to advance the body of knowledge surrounding healthcare operations and supply chain management through a literature review. The full manuscript by Ali et al. can be found in the Annals of Operations Research. The result of the literature review is detailed below….
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Variations in Information Reported Amongst Studies Regarding Coagulation in Pediatric ECMO
A study published in March assessed how outcome definitions, study population, and ECMO-, transfusion-, and coagulation- related parameters were described in pediatric ECMO studies. The complete manuscript was written by Joppe Drop, Suelyn Van Den Helm, Paul Monagle, Enno Wildschut, Matthijs de Hoog, Sabrina T.G. Gunput, Fiona Newall, Heidi J. Dalton, Graeme MacLaren, Vera Ignjatovic,…
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