April 2005 Newsletter

Table of Contents:

• President's Message
• Journal Supplement to Disappear


• PRO/CON: Routine intraoperative PLV has been shown to improve outcome in patients affected by ALI/ARDS
• Pro - N. Petrucci, MD, MSc
• Con - Andrew Maslow, MD


• Literature Reviews
  • The effect of storage time of human red cells on intestinal microcirculatory oxygenation in a rat isovolemic exchange model
  • Coronary-artery revascularization before elective major vascular surgery
  • Forty years of clinical aprotinin use: A review of 124 hypersensitivity reactions
  • Cerebral monitoring with transcranial Doppler ultrasonography improves neurologic outcome during repairs of acute type A aortic dissection.


• Drug and Innovation Reviews
  • Is tight intraoperative control of blood glucose indicated in cardiac surgical patients?

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