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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A Review of the Global Healthcare Simulation Economy
In February 2022, researchers from Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington School of Medicine took an in-depth look at health simulation, its economic impact, and significant hurdles to its widespread acceptance. The full manuscript, written by Taylor Sawyer, Megan M. Gray, and Rachel Umoren, is available on the Cureus website. Below is a summary of…
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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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Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump for Left Ventricular Unloading in VA-ECMO: Timing is Everything
An editorial published in April 2022 discusses the benefits and pitfalls of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) combined with intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABP) to manage CS. The complete manuscript, written by Agam Bansal, Dhiran Verghese, and Sarachandra Vallabhajosyula, can be found in the Journal of the American Heart Association. A summary of the editorial is…
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Anesthetic Gases in Cardiac Surgery, A Systemic Review
Isoflurane, sevoflurane, and desflurane are volatile anesthetic agents used to induce and maintain general anesthesia. In cardiac surgery, inhaled anesthetics have an additional use case in providing strong cardioprotective properties during myocardial ischemia. The use of volatile agents at a minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of 0.5 to 2.0 during cardiac surgery results in fewer individuals…
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Challenges Facing Women Healthcare Workers in Their Professional Growth
Despite actively striving to be promoted, women healthcare workers remain underrepresented in management and leadership roles. Women are underrepresented across the healthcare industry. This underrepresentation has been a trend for years, but it will not change without action. The industry is facing fierce competition, particularly from within the insurance sector. Technological advances are shifting the…
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Mechanical ventilation, prone positioning, and delivery in pregnant patients with severe COVID-19
In February, practitioners from the University of Maryland Department of Anesthesiology published a study on the care and outcomes of 17 pregnant COVID-19 patients who required mechanical ventilation. The full manuscript, written by Michael Wong, Shobana Bharadwaj, Allison Lankford, Jessica Galey, and Bhavani Kodali, is available on the Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia website. Here we summarize their…
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Role of circulating Interleukin-7 (IL-7) and its inverse correlation with Pulmonary arterial hypertension
The team at the pediatric cardiology and critical care department at Hanover medical school in Germany, including Franziska Diekmann, Ekaterina Legchenko, Philippe Chouvarine, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Harald Bertram, Christoph M. Happel, and Georg Hansmann, recently published a study investigating the role of circulating Interleukin-7(IL-7) and its inverse correlation with the Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in humans….
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