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Nonsurgical Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: An Updated Consensus Process

Landoni, Giovanni; Lomivorotov, Vladimir; Silvietti, Simona; et al; Putzu, Alessandro (2018). Nonsurgical Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: An Updated Consensus Process. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 32(1):225-235.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE A careful choice of perioperative care strategies is pivotal to improve survival in cardiac surgery. However, there is no general agreement or particular attention to which nonsurgical interventions can reduce mortality in this setting. The authors sought to address this issue with a consensus-based approach. DESIGN A systematic review of the literature followed by a consensus-based voting process. SETTING A web-based international consensus conference. PARTICIPANTS More than 400 physicians from 52 countries participated in this web-based consensus conference. INTERVENTIONS The authors identified all studies published in peer-reviewed journals that reported on interventions with a statistically significant effect on mortality in the setting of cardiac surgery through a systematic Medline/PubMed search and contacts with experts. These studies were discussed during a consensus meeting and those considered eligible for inclusion in this study were voted on by clinicians worldwide. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Eleven interventions finally were selected: 10 were shown to reduce mortality (aspirin, glycemic control, high-volume surgeons, prophylactic intra-aortic balloon pump, levosimendan, leuko-depleted red blood cells transfusion, noninvasive ventilation, tranexamic acid, vacuum-assisted closure, and volatile agents), whereas 1 (aprotinin) increased mortality. A significant difference in the percentages of agreement among different countries and a variable gap between agreement and clinical practice were found for most of the interventions. CONCLUSIONS This updated consensus process identified 11 nonsurgical interventions with possible survival implications for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. This list of interventions may help cardiac anesthesiologists and intensivists worldwide in their daily clinical practice and can contribute to direct future research in the field.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Cardiocentro Ticino
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Health Sciences > Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Language:English
Date:2018
Deposited On:08 Feb 2018 11:36
Last Modified:18 Oct 2024 01:36
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1053-0770
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2017.06.017
PubMed ID:29122431
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