A recent study conducted by Tiago R Velho and colleagues has provided new insights into the relationship between cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) duration and postoperative organ dysfunction, as measured by the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score. This comprehensive retrospective analysis included 1032 patients who underwent cardiac surgery. The researchers found a significant association between extended…
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Simple Fact: This represents over fifty years and greater than 10,000 cases.
Our surgeon routinely endarterectomized every graft on a CABG.
This meant 180 minutes bypass was a “quick” case.
Routinely patients were extubated prior to leaving the OR. That cannot occur when organs are failing.
Routinely patients left ICU within 3 days. That would not occur when organs are failing.
My point is: EVERY PERFUSIONIST MUST DISSECT EVERY ASPECT OF PERFUSION.
The immortal Ty Cobb:
“ The glove doesn’t make the Player…
The Player makes the glove “