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| Title |
Monitoring of brain oxygen saturation (INVOS) in a protocol to direct blood transfusions during cardiac surgery: a prospective randomized clinical trial
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| Published in |
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1749-8090-8-145 |
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| Authors |
George Vretzakis, Stavroula Georgopoulou, Konstantinos Stamoulis, Vassilios Tassoudis, Dimitrios Mikroulis, Athanasios Giannoukas, Nikolaos Tsilimingas, Menelaos Karanikolas |
| Abstract |
Blood transfusions are common in cardiac surgery, but have been associated with increased morbidity and long-term mortality. Efforts to reduce blood product use during cardiac surgery include fluid restriction to minimize hemodilution, and protocols to guide transfusion decisions. INVOS is a modality that monitors brain tissue oxygen saturation, and could be useful in guiding decisions to transfuse. However, the role of INVOS (brain tissue oxygen saturation) as part of an algorithm to direct blood transfusions during cardiac surgery has not been evaluated. This study was conducted to investigate the value of INVOS as part of a protocol for blood transfusions during cardiac surgery. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 104 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 103 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 24 | 23% |
| Unknown | 24 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 52 | 50% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Engineering | 3 | 3% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 8% |
| Unknown | 29 | 28% |