Background In cardiac surgery improvements in quality of care have been a major focus for
several decades. Statistical models for predicting the risk of operative mortality and other …

OBJECTIVES Oxidative stress following ischaemia and reperfusion, as well as inflammation,
are thought to be important for the development of cardiac dysfunction after cardiac surgery …

Introduction Increased inflammatory processes after non-cardiac surgery are very common.
The association between postoperative inflammation and the occurrence of cardiovascular …

Introduction Increased inflammatory processes after non-cardiac surgery are very common.
The association between postoperative inflammation and the occurrence of cardiovascular …

Background Although inflammatory biomarkers have been associated with cardiovascular
events in nonsurgical settings, these associations have not been systematically addressed …

Postoperative inflammatory response is common in heart surgery patients, but less is known
about variation in the baseline inflammatory state. This study characterizes the preoperative …

Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of preoperative neopterin
levels as a predictive marker for postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients …

Patients who exhibit high systemic inflammation after cardiac surgery may benefit most from
pre-emptive anti-inflammatory treatments. In this secondary analysis (n= 813) of the …

Introduction: Current models for risk stratification of outcomes in cardiac surgery typically do
not incorporate variables that directly reflect the preoperative systemic inflammatory status of …

Objectives Cardiac surgery induces a systemic inflammatory reaction that has been
associated with postoperative mortality and morbidity. Many studies have characterized this …