With advances in health care practices and delivery, the overall life expectancy of the
Western population has increased. For those practitioners involved in the care of the patient …

Background Frailty is emerging as an important prognostic indicator for patients undergoing
cardiac surgeries/procedures. We sought to evaluate the prognostic and differential impacts …

Background Ageing is associated with worse treatment outcome after traumatic brain injury
(TBI). This association may lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy that affects treatment efficacy …

Although current guidelines recommend mitral valve repair (MVr) over mitral valve
replacement (MVR) for patients with mitral regurgitation (MR), it is unclear if it should be also …

Background Postoperative cognitive decline occurs commonly after cardiac surgery. The
available literature is inconclusive on the role of intraoperative causal or protective factors …

Background Chronic pain after cardiac surgery, whether or not related to the operation, is
common and has negative impact on health related quality of life (HRQL). Frailty is a risk …

Objectives To determine the incidence, timing, risk factors for, and outcomes after unplanned
reintubation following cardiac surgery in adults. Design Retrospective analysis of admission …

Cardiac surgery is associated with significant mortality rates. Careful selection of surgical
candidates is, therefore, vital to optimize morbidity and mortality outcomes. Risk scores can …

Objective To establish a simple model for predicting postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI)
requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) in patients with renal insufficiency (CKD stages 3 …

Although exosomes are extracellular nanovesicles mainly involved in cardioprotection, it is
not known whether plasma exosomes of older patients undergoing different types of on …