Risk factors for postoperative mortality with intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in the early period after coronary artery bypass surgery in elderly and geriatric patients by O.M. Druzhyna, O.A. Loskutov, S.R. Maruniak, A.V. Mykhailova

“…During the course of the study, 320 CABG procedures with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were performed, among them 13 (4.06 %) patients required weaning from CPB by using intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation, with one patient additionally requiring the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. …”
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Exoskeletons as potential devices to support and enhance rescuers’ chest compression performance during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Seamus Thierry, Cyran Le Guennec, Alexandre Le Falher, Lola Lauby, Laure Boyer, Lucia Vicente Martinez, Alexis Paillet, Willy Allegre

“…Rescuer fatigue sets in rapidly, leading to postural instability and a lack of mechanical power delivered by the arms to the patient’s torso, which affects hemodynamic efficiency.Physical augmentation and postural stabilization are two functions that could be provided by an exoskeleton during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This device would combine the advantages of manual and mechanical chest compressions, bypassing anthropometric parameters such as the rescuer’s aerobic capacity and muscle mass to maintain efficient chest compressions, and avoiding the negative issues associated with over-assistance through a servomotor function. …”
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Liver diseases: epidemiology, causes, trends and predictions by Can Gan, Yuan Yuan, Haiyuan Shen, Jinhang Gao, Xiangxin Kong, Zhaodi Che, Yangkun Guo, Hua Wang, Erdan Dong, Jia Xiao

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Analysis of Body Fluid Distribution, Phase Angle and Its Association With Maximal Oxygen Consumption in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy: An Observational Study by Oscar Crisafulli, Renato Baptista, Patrik Drid, Luca Grattarola, Giorgio Bottoni, Emanuela Lavaselli, Massimo Negro, Rossella Tupler, Venere Quintiero, Giuseppe D'Antona

“…BIA was used to evaluate body fluids distribution (intracellular water [ICW], extracellular water [ECW], and total body water [TBW]), and PhA, while cardiopulmonary exercise test was used to estimate V̇O2max. …”
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Effect of Sports Energy Drink on Fat Metabolism and Weight Loss of College Students by Huan Chu, Wenyong Zhou, Shanshan Wang

“…The fitness exercise prescription based on FATmax can improve cardiopulmonary function and body composition, especially for girls. …”
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Associations between lifestyle factors and COVID-19 infection rates: a cross-sectional analysis in the USA by Abdullah Alismail, Razaz Shaheen, W Lawrence Beeson, Michael Paalani, Hildemar Dos Santos, Rhonda K Spencer-Hwang

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Lipopolysaccharide Binding Protein and sCD14 are Not Produced as Acute Phase Proteins in Cardiac Surgery by Manuela Kudlova, Pavel Kunes, Martina Kolackova, Vladimir Lonsky, Jiri Mandak, Ctirad Andrys, Karolina Jankovicova, Jan Krejsek

“…Thirty-four patients, 17 in each group, were randomly assigned to coronary artery bypass grafting surgery performed either with (“on-pump”) or without (“off-pump”) cardiopulmonary bypass. LBP and sCD14 were evaluated by ELISA. …”
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Endoscopic-Assisted Multivessel Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Experience of the First 100 Procedures by De Qing Görtzen, Fleur Sampon, Naomi Timmermans, Joost Ter Woorst, Ferdi Akca

“…There was 1 conversion to sternotomy (1%) and 3 instances where cardiopulmonary bypass was required (3%). The median operation time was 3.3 hours (interquartile range, 3.0–3.7 hours), and the median hospital stay was 4.0 days (interquartile range, 3–4 days). …”

A Case of Pulmonary Sarcoma with Significant Extension into the Right Lung by Yoshiaki Inoue, Yotaro Izumi, Kenjiro Sakaki, Keiko Abe, Teruaki Oka, Jun-Ichi Tamaru, Ato Sugiyama, Kohei Aoki, Hiroki Fukuda, Masatoshi Gika, Kazuhito Imanaka, Mitsuo Nakayama

“…The tumor was removed by right pneumonectomy accompanied by resection of the main and left pulmonary arteries under cardiopulmonary bypass. The pulmonary artery trunk and the left pulmonary artery were reconstructed with a vascular graft. …”
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Predictive value of NT-pro BNP on outcomes of children with ventricular septal defect surgery by Weidan Chen, Yajie Tang, Ye Lu, Li Ma, Xinxin Chen, Techang Liu

“…Propensity scores (PS) was performed to acquire pre-op and post NT-proBNP 24-h PS-matched cohorts for comparisons between groups.ResultsIn the pre NT-proBNP PS-matched cohort, the higher NT pro-BNP group had longer hospitalization time and lower post-op 1-month EF value compared with low NT pro-BNP group (all P < 0.05), and there wasn't significant difference of mechanical ventilation time, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time, intensive care unit (CCU) stay, and ejection fraction (EF) values of 3 month to 12 months after surgery (all P > 0.05). …”
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Design and Deployment of a Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Surveillance System by Jordan Michel Duval-Arnould, Heather Marie Newton, Leann McNamara, Branden Michael Engorn, Kareen Jones, Meghan Bernier, Pamela Dodge, Cheryl Salamone, Utpal Bhalala, Justin M. Jeffers, Lilly Engineer, Marie Diener-West, Elizabeth Anne Hunt

“…We aimed to increase detection of pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) events and collection of physiologic and performance data for use in quality improvement (QI) efforts. …”
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Outcomes of Emergency Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hans Huang, Christopher P. Kovach, Sean Bell, Mark Reisman, Gabriel Aldea, James M. McCabe, Danny Dvir, Creighton Don

“…Univariate predictors of in-hospital mortality were preprocedural pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi) ≤1.8 (66.7% vs. 20.0%, p=0.01), intraprocedural cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (83.3% vs 4.0%, p≤0.001), acute kidney injury post-TAVR (80.0% vs. 4.2%, p≤0.001), initiation of dialysis post-TAVR (60.0% vs. 4.2%, p≤0.001), and MCS initiation post-TAVR (50.0% vs. 12.0%, p=0.03). …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Four Aerobic Exercise Intensity Prescription Techniques in Rehabilitation Training for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Tao Chen, Huiying Zhu, Qingyuan Su

“…A retrospective study was conducted on all patients with CHD who were admitted to CR and completed cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) in Guangdong Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine. …”
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Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon occlusion of the aorta in Impending Traumatic arrest: Is It Effective? by Jae Sik Chung, Oh Hyun Kim, Seongyup Kim, Ji Young Jang, Gyo Jin An, Pil Young Jung

“…However, further research is required to determine whether REBOA with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in near-arrest or arrest trauma patients can help resuscitation. …”
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An Early Experience of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in the Republic of Korea: A Retrospective Multicenter Study by Joonhyeon Park, Sung Woo Jang, Byungchul Yu, Gil Jae Lee, Sung Wook Chang, Dong Hun Kim, Ye Rim Chang, Pil Young Jung

“…The patients were divided into two groups (cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR] and No-CPR) for comparative analysis based on two criteria (complication and mortality) for logistic regression analysis (LRA). …”
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Analysis of the risk factors of delayed extubation after surgery for Ebstein’s anomaly by Yan He, Yu Feng, Ting-Zhou Zhang, Xing Fan, Yan Zhu, Hong-Sheng Zhang

“…Body weight (11.25 kg) and preoperative oxygen saturation (SpO2) (95.5%) were protective factors, while the simplified Great Ormond Street Echocardiogram (GOSE) value (0.995) and the intraoperative cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time (135 min) were the risk factors. …”
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GYY4137 ameliorates blood brain barrier damage by inhibiting autophagy mediated occludin degradation in cardiac arrest and resuscitation by Pengyu Duan, Xiaoyan Li, Yonghong Bi, Weiyu Feng, Zhehao Jin, Xiaoqian Zhang, Guanghui He, Da An, Zhibin Wen, Bing Zhang

“…Abstract Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest (CA) is an important cause of neurological impairment and leads to considerable morbidity and mortality. …”
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Assessing paramedic performance and background factors in emerging disease outbreak by Karim Javanmardi, Abbas Dadashzadeh, Hossein Feizollahzadeh, Neda Gilani, Mansour Ghafourifard, Javad Dehghannejad

“…Invasive procedures performed by paramedics included cardiopulmonary resuscitation (60.9%), intubation (53.1%), and suctioning (38.8%). …”
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Efficacy of Amflow®, a Real-Time-Portable Feedback Device for Delivering Appropriate Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients: A Randomised, Controlled, Cross-Over Simulation Study by Jong Won Kim, Sang O Park, Kyeong Ryong Lee, Dae Young Hong, Kwang Je Baek

“…Using a SB with or without Amflow® alternately, participants delivered ventilations to test lungs connected to a gas flow analyser in each of three different scenarios: acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS; 315–385 ml ranges for 350 ml target VT, with 20 breaths/min); cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR; 450–550 ml ranges for 500 ml target VT with 10 breaths/min); and adult head trauma (630–770 ml ranges for 700 ml target VT with 15 breaths/min). …”
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Prophylactic ECMO Support during Elective Coronary Percutaneous Interventions in High-Risk Patients: A Single-Center Experience by Claudiu Ungureanu, Marc Blaimont, Hugues Trine, Pierre Henin, Romain Courcelle, Yves Laurent, Patrick Van Ruyssevelt, Caroline Lepièce, Vincent Huberlant

“…This is an observational retrospective study including all patients undergoing elective, high-risk PCI and receiving VA-ECMO for cardiopulmonary support. Primary endpoints were in-hospital and 3- year major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular event (MACCE) rates. …”
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