Objective Cardiac surgery for repair of congenital heart defects poses unique hazards to the
developing brain. Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) is a simple and effective …

OBJECTIVES Cardiac surgery with hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) is associated with
neurological morbidity of variable severity and electroencephalography (EEG) is a sensitive …

Aim Cardiac arrest often results in severe neurologic injury. Improving care for these patients
is difficult as few noninvasive biomarkers exist that allow physicians to monitor neurologic …

Cardiac surgery utilizing circulatory arrest is most commonly performed under deep
hypothermia (∼ 18° C) to suppress tissue oxygen demand and provide neuroprotection …

Objectives The purpose of this study is the development of a porcine model of carbon
monoxide (CO) poisoning to investigate alterations in brain and heart mitochondrial function …

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) affects over 360,000 adults in the United States each
year with a 50–80% mortality prior to reaching medical care. Despite aggressive supportive …

Neonates undergoing cardiac surgery involving aortic arch reconstruction are at an
increased risk for hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Deep hypothermia is utilized to help …

Introduction Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless and odorless gas that is a leading cause
of environmental poisoning in the USA with substantial mortality and morbidity. The …

Background and Aim of the Study Congenital heart disease is the most common congenital
defect among infants born in the United States. Within the first year of life, 1 in 4 of these …

Patient safety is acknowledged as a primary aim of anesthesiology. Anesthesia records
constitute the main document of the intraoperative course of anesthesia administration. In …