The effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) on Platelets. Preoperative C-reactive protein as a predictor of postoperative AKI. Blood Storage Effects on the Blood Components
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve surgery is an excellent technique to correct a problem with the valve that removes the risks associated with sternotomy
Single Ventricle physiology and how this affects perfusion technique during surgical correction. Alternative techniques to long acting cardioplegia for myocardial protection CPB
Examines the "art" of perfusion and how the perfusionist uses available data and techniques to provide sufficient perfusion and oxygenation to the patient
Update on ECMO for COVID-19: What have we learned? Early experience of pump-controlled retrograde trial off for weaning from (VA ECMO) in adult patients with cardiogenic shock
What we have learned about the health-care delivery industry through the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal is to offer provocative opinions, based on real world data, on what we did
Perfusion department management: How to best utilize resources. Faculty: J. Hoffman, MD, Matt Warhoover, CCP, A. Lepore, CCP; John Ingram Knowledge Nuggets: Haptoglobin
The Vanderbilt team - The heart transplant program at VUMC; T. Sparacino - an unusual case of neurologic recovery after protracted cardiac arrest. J. Ingram - the use of Albumin
Joe will look at the economic side of perfusion. Hospital costs, reimbursements, salaries, and how perfusion service makes money for a hospital or as a business
Tammy Sparacino, CCP describes the latest peer reviewed publications on the Cytosorb hemoadsorption technology. Hemoadsorption of apixaban during emergent CPB
Joseph Basha, CCP describes the latest peer reviewed publications on the Cytosorb hemoadsorption technology. CRRT What is It? The Differences of CVVH, CVVHD, CVVHDF and SCUF
Tammy Sparacino Journal Club: Safely Repositioning a Dual Lumen ECMO Cannula. How to safely reposition a dual lumen ECMO cannula without the need of interrupting flow
John Ingram Knowledge Nuggets: Understanding Oxygen Free Radicals. John will lecture on oxygen free radicals: What they are, how they effect organs and how they can be modulated
The ABC's of ABG's Joe will lecture on the basics of blood gases. The learner will gain understanding of normal, deranged, and compensated physiological states.
The blood air interface, common to cardiopulmonary bypass and how this initiates the inflammatory cascade. Biocompatible surfaces and how these attenuate the inflammatory cascade
How renal blood flow and urine production is affected by cardiopulmonary bypass, inflammatory processes and disease states John discusses the use of urine output as a measure of RF
Does Ultrafiltration Reduce Urine Output on CPB; What is the Evidence? The evidence to try and answer the question: Does ultrafiltration on CPB reduce urine output on CPB