Nonsurgical Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: An Updated Consensus Process

Tranexamic Acid Use in Cardiac Surgery: Hemostasis, Seizures, or a Little of Both

“…Furthermore, a recent multi-country consensus article examining nonsurgical strategies to reduce mortality in cardiac surgery recommends 10 beneficial practices, with TXA being the sole recommended blood-conservation agent on the list. 7 Hence, the findings of Maeda et al from a quasi-experimental vantage dovetail well with the current retrospective and prospective literature on the issue of TXA's positive hemostatic efficacy.…”

Nursing Intervention of Nonstop Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Valve Forming with Simultaneous Atrial Flutter After Secondary Cardiac Surgery: A Case Report

“…In recent report, almost 300,000 cardiac surgery procedures are performed each year in the United States [8]. But surgical mortality remains around 2%, even for the lowest-risk procedures, such as isolated coronary artery bypass graft or isolated aortic valve replacement [9,10]. In the last decades, the mortality rate was reduced as people improve surgical techniques and perioperative care, but cardiac surgery is still considered a high-risk procedure [11,12].…”

Prophylactic Intra-aortic Balloon Counterpulsation—Still Searching for Answers

“…An international consensus conference on mortality reduction in cardiac anesthesia and intensive care has recently published findings from its "democratic" consensus process. 10 Recognizing that there is a lack of general agreement regarding which nonsurgical interventions can reduce mortality in cardiac surgery, the authors sought to address this issue with a consensus-based approach. Utilizing a "novel approach to consensus building," all nonsurgical interventions (drugs, techniques, and strategies) with literature evidence of a significant effect on mortality were identified systematically, assessed, and described by a group of 458 clinicians from around the world.…”