A preoperative plasma fibrinogen concentration <3.1 g/l was associated with increased risk of excessive bleeding in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. The amount of postoperative blood loss can be roughly predicted with simple preoperative blood tests.

Primary end point was determined as amputation (limb survival) and all-cause death were performed. The effect of PLR on outcome was studied by constructing a receiver operating characteristic curve. Using a PLR cutoff of ≥ 160, the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.65 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.55-0.75) (Figure 1).

In centres in which the neonatal ICU is inexperienced, balloon angioplasty is particularly recommended. In developing neonatal clinics, balloon angioplasty, when performed on patients at their earliest possible age, delays actual corrective operation to a later date, which in turn provides less risky surgical outcomes in infants who are gaining weight, growing, and do not have any haemodynamic complaints.

Background: There are many usage areas of the PTFE patch in cardiac surgery. In this report, we present an unusual complication which should be kept in mind about PTFE membranes. Case presentation:The 20-year-old male patient had been operated for ascending aortic aneurysm. David Procedure was carried out. After (in)the procedure, before the sternal closure, the pericardial closure was applied with PTFE membrane to avoid the sternal adhesions. The sternal wound drainage occurred two months after the operation. After further evaluations, surgery was the choice. The cure was achieved by removing the PTFE membrane. The sternum closure was applied without pericardial closure. His wound healed fastly. Conclusions:The complications about prosthetic materials are trouble for surgeons. In many cases, the cure is achieved by removing the prosthetic materials. In most times, radiology is helpful for diagnosis, but rarely, it might be a misleading procedure.

There is no particular method for the use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in the pediatric population. Herein, we present our new technique applied in three pediatric patients.