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2. Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
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Devereaux, PJ, Marcucci, M, Painter, TW, Conen, D, Lomivorotov, V, Sessler, D, Chan, MT, Borges, FK, Martinez-Zapata, MJ, Wang, C-Y, Xavier, D, Ofori, SN, Wang, MK, Efremov, S, Landoni, G, Kleinlugtenbelt, Y, Szczeklik, W, Schmartz, D, Garg, AX, Short, TG, Wittmann, M, Meyhoff, CS, Amir, M, Torres, D, Patel, A, Duceppe, E, Ruetzler, K, Parlow, JL, Tandon, V, Fleischmann, E, Polanczyk, CA, Lamy, A, Astrakov, S, Rao, M, Wu, WKK, Bhatt, K, de Nadal, M, Likhvantsev, VV, Paniagua, P, Aguado, HJ, Whitlock, RP, McGillion, MH, Prystajecky, M, Vincent, J, Eikelboom, J, Copland, I, Balasubramanian, K, Turan, A, Bangdiwala, S, Stillo, D, Gross, PL, Cafaro, T, Alfonsi, P, Roshanov, PS, Belley-Cote, EP, Spence, J, Richards, T, VanHelder, T, McIntyre, W, Guyatt, G, Yusuf, S, Leslie, K, Devereaux, PJ, Marcucci, M, Painter, TW, Conen, D, Lomivorotov, V, Sessler, D, Chan, MT, Borges, FK, Martinez-Zapata, MJ, Wang, C-Y, Xavier, D, Ofori, SN, Wang, MK, Efremov, S, Landoni, G, Kleinlugtenbelt, Y, Szczeklik, W, Schmartz, D, Garg, AX, Short, TG, Wittmann, M, Meyhoff, CS, Amir, M, Torres, D, Patel, A, Duceppe, E, Ruetzler, K, Parlow, JL, Tandon, V, Fleischmann, E, Polanczyk, CA, Lamy, A, Astrakov, S, Rao, M, Wu, WKK, Bhatt, K, de Nadal, M, Likhvantsev, VV, Paniagua, P, Aguado, HJ, Whitlock, RP, McGillion, MH, Prystajecky, M, Vincent, J, Eikelboom, J, Copland, I, Balasubramanian, K, Turan, A, Bangdiwala, S, Stillo, D, Gross, PL, Cafaro, T, Alfonsi, P, Roshanov, PS, Belley-Cote, EP, Spence, J, Richards, T, VanHelder, T, McIntyre, W, Guyatt, G, Yusuf, S, and Leslie, K
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BACKGROUND: Perioperative bleeding is common in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Tranexamic acid is an antifibrinolytic drug that may safely decrease such bleeding. METHODS: We conducted a trial involving patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Patients were randomly assigned to receive tranexamic acid (1-g intravenous bolus) or placebo at the start and end of surgery (reported here) and, with the use of a partial factorial design, a hypotension-avoidance or hypertension-avoidance strategy (not reported here). The primary efficacy outcome was life-threatening bleeding, major bleeding, or bleeding into a critical organ (composite bleeding outcome) at 30 days. The primary safety outcome was myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery, nonhemorrhagic stroke, peripheral arterial thrombosis, or symptomatic proximal venous thromboembolism (composite cardiovascular outcome) at 30 days. To establish the noninferiority of tranexamic acid to placebo for the composite cardiovascular outcome, the upper boundary of the one-sided 97.5% confidence interval for the hazard ratio had to be below 1.125, and the one-sided P value had to be less than 0.025. RESULTS: A total of 9535 patients underwent randomization. A composite bleeding outcome event occurred in 433 of 4757 patients (9.1%) in the tranexamic acid group and in 561 of 4778 patients (11.7%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.67 to 0.87; absolute difference, -2.6 percentage points; 95% CI, -3.8 to -1.4; two-sided P<0.001 for superiority). A composite cardiovascular outcome event occurred in 649 of 4581 patients (14.2%) in the tranexamic acid group and in 639 of 4601 patients (13.9%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.92 to 1.14; upper boundary of the one-sided 97.5% CI, 1.14; absolute difference, 0.3 percentage points; 95% CI, -1.1 to 1.7; one-sided P = 0.04 for noninferiority). CONCLUSIONS: Among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, the incidence of the composi
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3. Rationale and design of the PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation-3 (POISE-3): a randomized controlled trial evaluating tranexamic acid and a strategy to minimize hypotension in noncardiac surgery
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Marcucci, M, Painter, TW, Conen, D, Leslie, K, Lomivorotov, VV, Sessler, D, Chan, MT, Borges, FK, Zapata, MJM, Wang, CY, Xavier, D, Ofori, SN, Landoni, G, Efremov, S, Kleinlugtenbelt, Y, Szczeklik, W, Schmartz, D, Garg, AX, Short, TG, Wittmann, M, Meyhoff, CS, Amir, M, Torres, D, Patel, A, Duceppe, E, Ruetzler, K, Parlow, JL, Tandon, V, Wang, MK, Fleischmann, E, Polanczyk, CA, Jayaram, R, Astrakov, S, Rao, M, VanHelder, T, Wu, WKK, Cheong, CC, Ayad, S, Abubakirov, M, Kirov, M, Bhatt, K, de Nadal, M, Likhvantsev, V, Iglesisas, PP, Aguado, HJ, McGillion, M, Lamy, A, Whitlock, RP, Roshanov, P, Stillo, D, Copland, I, Vincent, J, Balasubramanian, K, Bangdiwala, S, Biccard, B, Kurz, A, Srinathan, S, Petit, S, Eikelboom, J, Richards, T, Gross, PL, Alfonsi, P, Guyatt, G, Belley-Cote, E, Spence, J, McIntyre, W, Yusuf, S, Devereaux, PJ, Marcucci, M, Painter, TW, Conen, D, Leslie, K, Lomivorotov, VV, Sessler, D, Chan, MT, Borges, FK, Zapata, MJM, Wang, CY, Xavier, D, Ofori, SN, Landoni, G, Efremov, S, Kleinlugtenbelt, Y, Szczeklik, W, Schmartz, D, Garg, AX, Short, TG, Wittmann, M, Meyhoff, CS, Amir, M, Torres, D, Patel, A, Duceppe, E, Ruetzler, K, Parlow, JL, Tandon, V, Wang, MK, Fleischmann, E, Polanczyk, CA, Jayaram, R, Astrakov, S, Rao, M, VanHelder, T, Wu, WKK, Cheong, CC, Ayad, S, Abubakirov, M, Kirov, M, Bhatt, K, de Nadal, M, Likhvantsev, V, Iglesisas, PP, Aguado, HJ, McGillion, M, Lamy, A, Whitlock, RP, Roshanov, P, Stillo, D, Copland, I, Vincent, J, Balasubramanian, K, Bangdiwala, S, Biccard, B, Kurz, A, Srinathan, S, Petit, S, Eikelboom, J, Richards, T, Gross, PL, Alfonsi, P, Guyatt, G, Belley-Cote, E, Spence, J, McIntyre, W, Yusuf, S, and Devereaux, PJ
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BACKGROUND: For patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, bleeding and hypotension are frequent and associated with increased mortality and cardiovascular complications. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic agent with the potential to reduce surgical bleeding; however, there is uncertainty about its efficacy and safety in noncardiac surgery. Although usual perioperative care is commonly consistent with a hypertension-avoidance strategy (i.e., most patients continue their antihypertensive medications throughout the perioperative period and intraoperative mean arterial pressures of 60 mmHg are commonly accepted), a hypotension-avoidance strategy may improve perioperative outcomes. METHODS: The PeriOperative Ischemic Evaluation (POISE)-3 Trial is a large international randomized controlled trial designed to determine if TXA is superior to placebo for the composite outcome of life-threatening, major, and critical organ bleeding, and non-inferior to placebo for the occurrence of major arterial and venous thrombotic events, at 30 days after randomization. Using a partial factorial design, POISE-3 will additionally determine the effect of a hypotension-avoidance strategy versus a hypertension-avoidance strategy on the risk of major cardiovascular events, at 30 days after randomization. The target sample size is 10,000 participants. Patients ≥45 years of age undergoing noncardiac surgery, with or at risk of cardiovascular and bleeding complications, are randomized to receive a TXA 1 g intravenous bolus or matching placebo at the start and at the end of surgery. Patients, health care providers, data collectors, outcome adjudicators, and investigators are blinded to the treatment allocation. Patients on ≥ 1 chronic antihypertensive medication are also randomized to either of the two blood pressure management strategies, which differ in the management of patient antihypertensive medications on the morning of surgery and on the first 2 days after surgery, and in the targe
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4. DECREASING POSTOPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS BY TOPICAL VS. INTRAVENOUS TRANEXAMIC ACID IN OPEN CARDIAC SURGERY (DEPOSITION) STUDY: RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY
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Habbab, L., primary, Hussain, S., additional, Power, P., additional, Bashir, S., additional, Gao, P., additional, Semelhago, L., additional, VanHelder, T., additional, Parry, D., additional, Chu, V., additional, and Lamy, A., additional
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- 2018
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5. Aspirin in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery
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Devereaux, Pj, Mrkobrada, M, Sessler, Di, Leslie, K, Alonso Coello, P, Kurz, A, Villar, Jc, Sigamani, A, Biccard, Bm, Meyhoff, Cs, Parlow, Jl, Guyatt, G, Robinson, A, Garg, Ax, Rodseth, Rn, Botto, F, Lurati Buse, G, Xavier, D, Chan, Mt, Tiboni, M, Cook, D, Kumar, Pa, Forget, P, Malaga, G, Fleischmann, E, Amir, M, Eikelboom, J, Mizera, R, Torres, D, Wang, Cy, Vanhelder, T, Paniagua, P, Berwanger, O, Srinathan, S, Graham, M, Pasin, L, Le Manach, Y, Gao, P, Pogue, J, Whitlock, R, Lamy, A, Kearon, C, Baigent, C, Chow, C, Pettit, S, Chrolavicius, S, Yusuf, S, DeBeer J, POISE 2 I. n. v. e. s. t. i. g. a. t. o. r. s., Patel, A, Dechert, W, Jackson, P, Allard, R, Dumerton Shore, D, Mccourt, J, Jones, Pm, Lavi, R, Lavi, S, Moor, R, Dresser, Gk, Gros, Ml, Schumann, Vc, Baur, M, Macdonald, C, Wirzba, B, Regalado, O, Srinathan, Sk, Ong, Dd, Todd, A, Abbas, S, Beattie, Ws, Chan, Vw, Chin, Kj, Wijeysundera, Dn, Graham, Mm, Irwin, M, Jacka, M, El Beheiry, H, Mcmullen, Sm, Macdonald, P, Akhtar, Z, Ayad, S, Buttar, M, Deroee, A, Eshraghi, Y, Fergany, A, Finnigan, P, Fu, A, Grady, M, Helper, S, Hesler, B, Honar, H, Hutcherson, M, Krebs, V, Lee, J, Malik, M, Podolyak, A, Salmasi, V, Arora, H, Coombs, Rf, Martinelli, Sm, Bergese, Sd, Melibary, Sb, Uribe, Aa, Jordan, M, Miller, Sa, Cata, Jp, Nemergut, Ec, Candiotti, Ka, Memtsoudis, Sg, Mckay, Re, Montes, Fr, Parra, Ga, Rojas, Mf, Plata, R, Vásquez, Sm, Sarquis, T, Haider, Z, Jane, Nb, Lanjewar, Pp, Rahate, Pv, Mehra, Br, Premendaran, B, Abraham, V, George, P, Kumar, P, Gaikwad, Sb, Mohan, Nv, Sidhu, G, Alvarez, J, Gonzalez, R, Maestre, M, Popova, E, Urrutia, G, de Nadal, M, González Suárez, S, González Tallada, A, Plou, P, Mena, E, Riveira, C, del Valle, S, Tena, B, Lang, Sa, Ludbrook, Gl, Painter, Tw, Terblanche, Nc, Osborne, C, Mahood, Jr, Myles, Ps, Sivalingam, P, Riedel, B, Elhalawani, I, Drummond, L, Mugabi, A, Naidoo, P, Myburgh, Al, Porrill, Os, Diedericks, Bj, Turton, Ew, Bøgeskov, M, Dahl, Rm, Madsen, Mv, Søndergaard, Es, Bauer, Ne, Martinsen, Kr, Choi, Gy, Gin, T, Ng, Ss, Bidgoli, Sj, Van der Linden PJ, De Kock, M, Kabon, B, Luf, F, Radonic, M, Ishtiaq, O, Safdar, J, Acuna Villaorduna, A, Barrionuevo, P, Castaneda Guarderas, A, Caballero, Ja, Lau, Ve, Aphang Lam MR, Lembo, R, Gossetti, Bruno, Jara, X, Leon, P, Ong, Gs, Lee, Hs, Seeberger, Ee, Seeberger, Md, Alfonsi, P, Coriat, P, Piriou, V, Vizcaychipi, Mp, Rech, Rl, Bergo, Rr, Walker, S, Rodseth, R, Lemanach, Y, Díaz, R, Cortés, Ol, Wetterslev, J, Hoeft, A, Wittmann, M, Chan, M, Landoni, G, Conen, D, Balaji, P, Sovereign, T, Blake, L, Sephton, J, Serra, A, Agrippa, C, Lawrence, M, Biccard, B, Gluud, C, Karthikeyan, G, Auerbach, A, Beattie, S, Buckley, N, Douketis, J, Gerstein, H, Ghali, W, Hart, R, Hill, M, Mcalister, F, Mcauley, D, Miller, S, O'Donnell, M, Pais, P, Parlow, J, Schricker, T, Sessler, D, Simunovic, M, Teoh, K, Walsh, M, Wijeysundera, D, Yang, H, Alshalash, S, Bessissow, A, Duceppe, E, Khalid, Z, Khan, J, Lauw, M, Martinsen, K, Neary, J, Oczkowski, W, Papina, M, Seeberger, M, Tandon, V, Thomas, S, Friedman, L, Cheng, D, Johnstone, D, Lowenstein, E, Roberts, R., Devereaux, Pj, Mrkobrada, M, Sessler, Di, Leslie, K, Alonso Coello, P, Kurz, A, Villar, Jc, Sigamani, A, Biccard, Bm, Meyhoff, C, Parlow, Jl, Guyatt, G, Robinson, A, Garg, Ax, Rodseth, Rn, Botto, F, Lurati Buse, G, Xavier, D, Chan, Mt, Tiboni, M, Cook, D, Kumar, Pa, Forget, P, Malaga, G, Fleischmann, E, Amir M, Eikelboom J, Mizera, R, Torres, D, Wang, Cy, Vanhelder, T, Paniagua, P, Berwanger, O, Srinathan, S, Graham, M, Pasin, L, Le Manach, Y, Gao, P, Pogue, J, Whitlock, R, Lamy, A, Kearon, C, Baigent, C, Chow, C, Pettit, S, Chrolavicius, S, Yusuf, S, and Landoni, Giovanni
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Male ,Myocardial Infarction ,Kaplan-Meier Estimate ,noncardiac surgery ,postoperative period ,law.invention ,low drug dose ,hazard ratio ,Postoperative Complications ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Myocardial infarction ,Treatment Failure ,Aspirin ,Medicine (all) ,Hazard ratio ,drug effect ,article ,risk assessment ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,female ,priority journal ,Anesthesia ,drug withdrawal ,factorial design ,Surgical Procedures, Operative ,Platelet aggregation inhibitor ,Female ,medicine.drug ,hospitalization ,heart infarction ,perioperative period ,preoperative treatment ,Postoperative Hemorrhage ,Perioperative Care ,length of stay ,death ,medicine ,Humans ,follow up ,controlled study ,human ,clonidine ,outcome assessment ,Aged ,treatment duration ,Vascular disease ,business.industry ,Platelet Aggregation Inhibitor ,patient care ,acetylsalicylic acid ,medicine.disease ,bleeding ,major clinical study ,Confidence interval ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00 [https] ,Clinical research ,multicenter study ,randomized controlled trial ,placebo ,Postoperative Complication ,business ,Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is substantial variability in the perioperative administration of aspirin in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, both among patients who are already on an aspirin regimen and among those who are not. METHODS: Using a 2-by-2 factorial trial design, we randomly assigned 10,010 patients who were preparing to undergo noncardiac surgery and were at risk for vascular complications to receive aspirin or placebo and clonidine or placebo. The results of the aspirin trial are reported here. The patients were stratified according to whether they had not been taking aspirin before the study (initiation stratum, with 5628 patients) or they were already on an aspirin regimen (continuation stratum, with 4382 patients). Patients started taking aspirin (at a dose of 200 mg) or placebo just before surgery and continued it daily (at a dose of 100 mg) for 30 days in the initiation stratum and for 7 days in the continuation stratum, after which patients resumed their regular aspirin regimen. The primary outcome was a composite of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction at 30 days. RESULTS: The primary outcome occurred in 351 of 4998 patients (7.0%) in the aspirin group and in 355 of 5012 patients (7.1%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio in the aspirin group, 0.99; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.86 to 1.15; P = 0.92). Major bleeding was more common in the aspirin group than in the placebo group (230 patients [4.6%] vs. 188 patients [3.8%]; hazard ratio, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.01, to 1.49; P = 0.04). The primary and secondary outcome results were similar in the two aspirin strata. CONCLUSIONS: Administration of aspirin before surgery and throughout the early postsurgical period had no significant effect on the rate of a composite of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction but increased the risk of major bleeding. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and others; POISE-2 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01082874.) Copyright © 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society.
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6. Milrinone Blunts Leukotriene D4 (LTD4)-Induced Pulmonary Arteriolar Constriction in Newborn Lambs
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Coe, J. Y., VanHelder, T., Soni, R., Coceani, F., Olley, P. M., Doyle, Eugenie F., editor, Engle, Mary Allen, editor, Gersony, Welton M., editor, Rashkind, William J., editor, and Talner, Norman S., editor
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- 1986
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7. Clonidine in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
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Devereaux, Pj, Sessler, Di, Leslie, K, Kurz, A, Mrkobrada, M, Alonso Coello, P, Villar, Jc, Sigamani, A, Biccard, Bm, Meyhoff, Cs, Parlow, Jl, Guyatt, G, Robinson, A, Garg, Ax, Rodseth, Rn, Botto, F, Lurati Buse, G, Xavier, D, Chan, Mt, Tiboni, M, Cook, D, Kumar, Pa, Forget, P, Malaga, G, Fleischmann, E, Amir, M, Eikelboom, J, Mizera, R, Torres, D, Wang, Cy, Vanhelder, T, Paniagua, P, Berwanger, O, Srinathan, S, Graham, M, Pasin, L, Le Manach, Y, Gao, P, Pogue, J, Whitlock, R, Lamy, A, Kearon, C, Chow, C, Pettit, S, Chrolavicius, S, Yusuf, S, Debeer, J, Patel, A, Dechert, W, Jackson, P, Allard, R, Dumerton Shore, D, Mccourt, J, Jones, Pm, Lavi, R, Lavi, S, Moor, R, Dresser, Gk, Gros, Ml, Schumann, Vc, Baur, M, Macdonald, C, Wirzba, B, Regalado, O, Srinathan, Sk, Ong, Dd, Todd, A, Abbas, S, Beattie, Ws, Chan, Vw, Chin, Kj, Wijeysundera, Dn, Graham, Mm, Irwin, M, Jacka, M, El Beheiry, H, Mcmullen, Sm, Macdonald, P, Akhtar, Z, Ayad, S, Buttar, M, Deroee, A, Eshraghi, Y, Fergany, A, Finnigan, P, Fu, A, Grady, M, Helper, S, Hesler, B, Honar, H, Hutcherson, M, Krebs, V, Lee, J, Malik, M, Podolyak, A, Salmasi, V, Arora, H, Coombs, Rf, Martinelli, Sm, Bergese, Sd, Melibary, Sb, Uribe, Aa, Jordan, M, Miller, Sa, Cata, Jp, Nemergut, Ec, Candiotti, Ka, Memtsoudis, Sg, Mckay, Re, Montes, Fr, Parra, Ga, Rojas, Mf, Plata, R, Vásquez, Sm, Sarquis, T, Haider, Z, Jane, Nb, Lanjewar, Pp, Rahate, Pv, Mehra, Br, Premendaran, B, Abraham, V, George, P, Kumar, P, Gaikwad, Sb, Mohan, Nv, Sidhu, G, Alvarez, J, Gonzalez, R, Maestre, M, Popova, E, Urrutia, G, de Nadal, M, González Suárez, S, González Tallada, A, Plou, P, Mena, E, Riveira, C, del Valle, S, Tena, B, Lang, Sa, Ludbrook, Gl, Painter, Tw, Terblanche, Nc, Osborne, C, Mahood, Jr, Myles, Ps, Sivalingam, P, Riedel, B, Elhalawani, I, Drummond, L, Mugabi, A, Naidoo, P, Myburgh, Al, Porrill, Os, Diedericks, Bj, Turton, Ew, Bøgeskov, M, Dahl, Rm, Madsen, Mv, Søndergaard, Es, Bauer, Ne, Martinsen, Kr, Choi, Gy, Gin, T, Ng, Ss, Bidgoli, Sj, Van der Linden PJ, De Kock, M, Kabon, B, Luf, F, Radonic, M, Ishtiaq, O, Safdar, J, Acuna Villaorduna, A, Barrionuevo, P, Castaneda Guarderas, A, Caballero, Ja, Lau, Ve, Aphang Lam MR, Lembo, R, Gossetti, Bruno, Jara, X, Leon, P, Ong, G, Lee, Hs, Seeberger, Ee, Seeberger, Md, Alfonsi, P, Coriat, P, Piriou, V, Vizcaychipi, Mp, Rech, Rl, Bergo, Rr, Walker, S, Rodseth, R, Lemanach, Y, Díaz, R, Cortés, Ol, Wetterslev, J, Hoeft, A, Wittmann, M, Chan, M, Landoni, G, Conen, D, Balaji, P, Sovereign, T, Blake, L, Sephton, J, Serra, A, Agrippa, C, Lawrence, M, Biccard, B, Gluud, C, Baigent, C, Karthikeyan, G, Auerbach, A, Beattie, S, Buckley, N, Douketis, J, Gerstein, H, Ghali, W, Hart, R, Hill, M, Mcalister, F, Mcauley, D, Miller, S, O'Donnell, M, Pais, P, Parlow, J, Schricker, T, Sessler, D, Simunovic, M, Teoh, K, Walsh, M, Wijeysundera, D, Yang, H, Alshalash, S, Bessissow, A, Duceppe, E, Khalid, Z, Khan, J, Lauw, M, Martinsen, K, Neary, J, Oczkowski, W, Papina, M, Seeberger, M, Tandon, V, Thomas, S, Friedman, L, Cheng, D, Johnstone, D, Lowenstein, E, and Roberts, R.
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Male ,hypotension ,drug safety ,Heart disease ,Myocardial Infarction ,Kaplan-Meier Estimate ,high risk patient ,noncardiac surgery ,surgery ,low drug dose ,hazard ratio ,Postoperative Complications ,dose response ,Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists ,Myocardial infarction ,Treatment Failure ,risk reduction ,Aspirin ,Hazard ratio ,drug effect ,article ,risk assessment ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Clonidine ,aged ,female ,priority journal ,Anesthesia ,factorial design ,Surgical Procedures, Operative ,Female ,Hypotension ,medicine.drug ,medicine.medical_specialty ,heart infarction ,perioperative period ,preoperative treatment ,Placebo ,bradycardia ,Perioperative Care ,length of stay ,death ,medicine ,Humans ,controlled study ,human ,Aged ,treatment duration ,business.industry ,Perioperative ,Vascular surgery ,acetylsalicylic acid ,medicine.disease ,major clinical study ,purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00 [https] ,drug efficacy ,multicenter study ,randomized controlled trial ,incidence ,treatment outcome ,placebo ,business ,heart arrest - Abstract
Background: Marked activation of the sympathetic nervous system occurs during and after noncardiac surgery. Low-dose clonidine, which blunts central sympathetic outflow, may prevent perioperative myocardial infarction and death without inducing hemodynamic instability. Methods: We performed a blinded, randomized trial with a 2-by-2 factorial design to allow separate evaluation of low-dose clonidine versus placebo and low-dose aspirin versus placebo in patients with, or at risk for, atherosclerotic disease who were undergoing noncardiac surgery. A total of 10,010 patients at 135 centers in 23 countries were enrolled. For the comparison of clonidine with placebo, patients were randomly assigned to receive clonidine (0.2 mg per day) or placebo just before surgery, with the study drug continued until 72 hours after surgery. The primary outcome was a composite of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction at 30 days. Results: Clonidine, as compared with placebo, did not reduce the number of primary-outcome events (367 and 339, respectively; hazard ratio with clonidine, 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.93 to 1.26; P=0.29). Myocardial infarction occurred in 329 patients (6.6%) assigned to clonidine and in 295 patients (5.9%) assigned to placebo (hazard ratio, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.95 to 1.30; P=0.18). Significantly more patients in the clonidine group than in the placebo group had clinically important hypotension (2385 patients [47.6%] vs. 1854 patients [37.1%]; hazard ratio 1.32; 95% CI, 1.24 to 1.40; P
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8. Physical performance and physiological responses following 60 hours of sleep deprivation
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SYMONS, J D, VANHELDER, T, and MYLES, W S
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- 1988
9. Sleep Deprivation and the Effect on Exercise Performance
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VanHelder, T. and Radomski, M.W.
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- 1989
10. Diurnal episodic pattern of insulin secretion in the dog.
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Vanhelder, Walter P., Sirek, Anna, Sirek, Otakar V., Norwich, Kenneth H., Policova, Zdenka, Vanhelder, Tomas, Vanhelder, W P, Sirek, A, Sirek, O V, Norwich, K H, Policova, Z, and Vanhelder, T
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- 1980
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Symons, J. D., primary, VanHelder, T., additional, and Myles, W. S., additional
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- 1987
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12. A method to study pulmonary vascular response in the conscious newborn piglet
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Coe, J. Y., primary, Olley, P. M., additional, Hamilton, F., additional, Vanhelder, T., additional, and Coceani, F., additional
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- 1987
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13. Rationale and design of the PeriOperative ISchemic Evaluation-3 (POISE-3): a randomized controlled trial evaluating tranexamic acid and a strategy to minimize hypotension in noncardiac surgery
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Maura Marcucci, Thomas W. Painter, David Conen, Kate Leslie, Vladimir V. Lomivorotov, Daniel Sessler, Matthew T. V. Chan, Flavia K. Borges, Maria J. Martínez Zapata, C. Y. Wang, Denis Xavier, Sandra N. Ofori, Giovanni Landoni, Sergey Efremov, Ydo V. Kleinlugtenbelt, Wojciech Szczeklik, Denis Schmartz, Amit X. Garg, Timothy G. Short, Maria Wittmann, Christian S. Meyhoff, Mohammed Amir, David Torres, Ameen Patel, Emmanuelle Duceppe, Kurtz Ruetzler, Joel L. Parlow, Vikas Tandon, Michael K. Wang, Edith Fleischmann, Carisi A. Polanczyk, Raja Jayaram, Sergey V. Astrakov, Mangala Rao, Tomas VanHelder, William K. K. Wu, Chao Chia Cheong, Sabry Ayad, Marat Abubakirov, Mikhail Kirov, Keyur Bhatt, Miriam de Nadal, Valery Likhvantsev, Pilar Paniagua Iglesisas, Hector J. Aguado, Michael McGillion, Andre Lamy, Richard P. Whitlock, Pavel Roshanov, David Stillo, Ingrid Copland, Jessica Vincent, Kumar Balasubramanian, Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, Bruce Biccard, Andrea Kurz, Sadeesh Srinathan, Shirley Petit, John Eikelboom, Toby Richards, Peter L. Gross, Pascal Alfonsi, Gordon Guyatt, Emily Belley-Cote, Jessica Spence, William McIntyre, Salim Yusuf, P. J. Devereaux, Marcucci, M., Painter, T. W., Conen, D., Leslie, K., Lomivorotov, V. V., Sessler, D., Chan, M. T. V., Borges, F. K., Martinez Zapata, M. J., Wang, C. Y., Xavier, D., Ofori, S. N., Landoni, G., Efremov, S., Kleinlugtenbelt, Y. V., Szczeklik, W., Schmartz, D., Garg, A. X., Short, T. G., Wittmann, M., Meyhoff, C. S., Amir, M., Torres, D., Patel, A., Duceppe, E., Ruetzler, K., Parlow, J. L., Tandon, V., Wang, M. K., Fleischmann, E., Polanczyk, C. A., Jayaram, R., Astrakov, S. V., Rao, M., Vanhelder, T., Wu, W. K. K., Cheong, C. C., Ayad, S., Abubakirov, M., Kirov, M., Bhatt, K., de Nadal, M., Likhvantsev, V., Iglesisas, P. P., Aguado, H. J., Mcgillion, M., Lamy, A., Whitlock, R. P., Roshanov, P., Stillo, D., Copland, I., Vincent, J., Balasubramanian, K., Bangdiwala, S. I., Biccard, B., Kurz, A., Srinathan, S., Petit, S., Eikelboom, J., Richards, T., Gross, P. L., Alfonsi, P., Guyatt, G., Belley-Cote, E., Spence, J., Mcintyre, W., Yusuf, S., Devereaux, P. J., University of Manitoba, Department of Anaesthesia, and Faculty of Health Sciences
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Medicine (General) ,Tranexamic acid ,Perioperative bleeding ,Noncardiac surgery ,Blood Loss, Surgical ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Perioperative hypotension ,Perioperative Care ,Antifibrinolytic Agents ,Study Protocol ,R5-920 ,Randomized controlled trial ,Cardiovascular complications ,Humans ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Hypotension - Abstract
Background For patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, bleeding and hypotension are frequent and associated with increased mortality and cardiovascular complications. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is an antifibrinolytic agent with the potential to reduce surgical bleeding; however, there is uncertainty about its efficacy and safety in noncardiac surgery. Although usual perioperative care is commonly consistent with a hypertension-avoidance strategy (i.e., most patients continue their antihypertensive medications throughout the perioperative period and intraoperative mean arterial pressures of 60 mmHg are commonly accepted), a hypotension-avoidance strategy may improve perioperative outcomes. Methods The PeriOperative Ischemic Evaluation (POISE)-3 Trial is a large international randomized controlled trial designed to determine if TXA is superior to placebo for the composite outcome of life-threatening, major, and critical organ bleeding, and non-inferior to placebo for the occurrence of major arterial and venous thrombotic events, at 30 days after randomization. Using a partial factorial design, POISE-3 will additionally determine the effect of a hypotension-avoidance strategy versus a hypertension-avoidance strategy on the risk of major cardiovascular events, at 30 days after randomization. The target sample size is 10,000 participants. Patients ≥45 years of age undergoing noncardiac surgery, with or at risk of cardiovascular and bleeding complications, are randomized to receive a TXA 1 g intravenous bolus or matching placebo at the start and at the end of surgery. Patients, health care providers, data collectors, outcome adjudicators, and investigators are blinded to the treatment allocation. Patients on ≥ 1 chronic antihypertensive medication are also randomized to either of the two blood pressure management strategies, which differ in the management of patient antihypertensive medications on the morning of surgery and on the first 2 days after surgery, and in the target mean arterial pressure during surgery. Outcome adjudicators are blinded to the blood pressure treatment allocation. Patients are followed up at 30 days and 1 year after randomization. Discussion Bleeding and hypotension in noncardiac surgery are common and have a substantial impact on patient prognosis. The POISE-3 trial will evaluate two interventions to determine their impact on bleeding, cardiovascular complications, and mortality. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03505723. Registered on 23 April 2018.
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14. Neuraxial block and postoperative epidural analgesia: effects on outcomes in the POISE-2 trial†
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Kate Leslie, W Purayil, T VanHelder, Tanja A. Treschan, Keith A. Candiotti, James S. Khan, Giovanni Landoni, David R. McIlroy, X Jara, Philip J. Devereaux, H. S. Lee, Jessica Kasza, Rajnish K. Gupta, Andrew Forbes, Andrea Kurz, S. De Hert, Christian S. Meyhoff, R. Allard, G. Lurati Buse, Leslie, K, Mcilroy, D, Kasza, J, Forbes, A, Kurz, A, Khan, J, Meyhoff, C, Allard, R, Landoni, Giovanni, Jara, X, Lurati Buse, G, Candiotti, K, Lee, H, Gupta, R, Vanhelder, T, Purayil, W, De Hert, S, Treschan, T, Devereaux, Pj, and Anesthesiology
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Regional Anaesthesia ,Myocardial Infarction ,Neuraxial blockade ,Placebo ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Postoperative Complications ,030202 anesthesiology ,Anesthesiology ,Medicine ,Humans ,Single-Blind Method ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Myocardial infarction ,Postoperative Period ,Stroke ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Aspirin ,business.industry ,Nerve Block ,Odds ratio ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Analgesia, Epidural ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Anesthesia ,Nerve block ,Female ,Hypotension ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background We assessed associations between intraoperative neuraxial block and postoperative epidural analgesia, and a composite primary outcome of death or non-fatal myocardial infarction, at 30 days post-randomization in POISE-2 Trial subjects. Methods 10 010 high-risk noncardiac surgical patients were randomized aspirin or placebo and clonidine or placebo. Neuraxial block was defined as intraoperative spinal anaesthesia, or thoracic or lumbar epidural anaesthesia. Postoperative epidural analgesia was defined as postoperative epidural local anaesthetic and/or opioid administration. We used logistic regression with weighting using estimated propensity scores. Results Neuraxial block was not associated with the primary outcome [7.5% vs 6.5%; odds ratio (OR), 0.89; 95% CI (confidence interval), 0.73–1.08; P +0.24], death (1.0% vs 1.4%; OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.53–1.35; P +0.48), myocardial infarction (6.9% vs 5.5%; OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.74–1.12; P +0.36) or stroke (0.3% vs 0.4%; OR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.44–2.49; P +0.91). Neuraxial block was associated with less clinically important hypotension (39% vs 46%; OR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.81–1.00; P +0.04). Postoperative epidural analgesia was not associated with the primary outcome (11.8% vs 6.2%; OR, 1.48; 95% CI, 0.89–2.48; P +0.13), death (1.3% vs 0.8%; OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.35–1.99; P +0.68], myocardial infarction (11.0% vs 5.7%; OR, 1.53; 95% CI, 0.90–2.61; P +0.11], stroke (0.4% vs 0.4%; OR, 0.65; 95% CI, 0.18–2.32; P +0.50] or clinically important hypotension (63% vs 36%; OR, 1.40; 95% CI, 0.95–2.09; P +0.09). Conclusions Neuraxial block and postoperative epidural analgesia were not associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes among POISE-2 subjects.
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15. Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery.
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Devereaux PJ, Marcucci M, Painter TW, Conen D, Lomivorotov V, Sessler DI, Chan MTV, Borges FK, Martínez-Zapata MJ, Wang CY, Xavier D, Ofori SN, Wang MK, Efremov S, Landoni G, Kleinlugtenbelt YV, Szczeklik W, Schmartz D, Garg AX, Short TG, Wittmann M, Meyhoff CS, Amir M, Torres D, Patel A, Duceppe E, Ruetzler K, Parlow JL, Tandon V, Fleischmann E, Polanczyk CA, Lamy A, Astrakov SV, Rao M, Wu WKK, Bhatt K, de Nadal M, Likhvantsev VV, Paniagua P, Aguado HJ, Whitlock RP, McGillion MH, Prystajecky M, Vincent J, Eikelboom J, Copland I, Balasubramanian K, Turan A, Bangdiwala SI, Stillo D, Gross PL, Cafaro T, Alfonsi P, Roshanov PS, Belley-Côté EP, Spence J, Richards T, VanHelder T, McIntyre W, Guyatt G, Yusuf S, and Leslie K
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- Canada, Hemorrhage etiology, Hemorrhage prevention & control, Humans, Surgical Procedures, Operative, Thrombosis chemically induced, Thrombosis drug therapy, Antifibrinolytic Agents adverse effects, Antifibrinolytic Agents therapeutic use, Tranexamic Acid adverse effects, Tranexamic Acid therapeutic use
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Background: Perioperative bleeding is common in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Tranexamic acid is an antifibrinolytic drug that may safely decrease such bleeding., Methods: We conducted a trial involving patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Patients were randomly assigned to receive tranexamic acid (1-g intravenous bolus) or placebo at the start and end of surgery (reported here) and, with the use of a partial factorial design, a hypotension-avoidance or hypertension-avoidance strategy (not reported here). The primary efficacy outcome was life-threatening bleeding, major bleeding, or bleeding into a critical organ (composite bleeding outcome) at 30 days. The primary safety outcome was myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery, nonhemorrhagic stroke, peripheral arterial thrombosis, or symptomatic proximal venous thromboembolism (composite cardiovascular outcome) at 30 days. To establish the noninferiority of tranexamic acid to placebo for the composite cardiovascular outcome, the upper boundary of the one-sided 97.5% confidence interval for the hazard ratio had to be below 1.125, and the one-sided P value had to be less than 0.025., Results: A total of 9535 patients underwent randomization. A composite bleeding outcome event occurred in 433 of 4757 patients (9.1%) in the tranexamic acid group and in 561 of 4778 patients (11.7%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.67 to 0.87; absolute difference, -2.6 percentage points; 95% CI, -3.8 to -1.4; two-sided P<0.001 for superiority). A composite cardiovascular outcome event occurred in 649 of 4581 patients (14.2%) in the tranexamic acid group and in 639 of 4601 patients (13.9%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.92 to 1.14; upper boundary of the one-sided 97.5% CI, 1.14; absolute difference, 0.3 percentage points; 95% CI, -1.1 to 1.7; one-sided P = 0.04 for noninferiority)., Conclusions: Among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, the incidence of the composite bleeding outcome was significantly lower with tranexamic acid than with placebo. Although the between-group difference in the composite cardiovascular outcome was small, the noninferiority of tranexamic acid was not established. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and others; POISE-3 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03505723.)., (Copyright © 2022 Massachusetts Medical Society.)
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16. Preoperative prediction of Bleeding Independently associated with Mortality after noncardiac Surgery (BIMS): an international prospective cohort study.
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Roshanov PS, Guyatt GH, Tandon V, Borges FK, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Biccard BM, Szczeklik W, Panju M, Spence J, Garg AX, McGillion M, Eikelboom JW, Sessler DI, Kearon C, Crowther M, VanHelder T, Kavsak PA, de Beer J, Winemaker M, Le Manach Y, Sheth T, Pinthus JH, Siegal D, Thabane L, Simunovic MRI, Mizera R, Ribas S, and Devereaux PJ
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Background: Diagnostic criteria for Bleeding Independently associated with Mortality after noncardiac Surgery (BIMS) have been defined as bleeding that leads to a postoperative haemoglobin <70 g L
-1 , leads to blood transfusion, or is judged to be the direct cause of death. Preoperative prediction guides for BIMS can facilitate informed consent and planning of perioperative care., Methods: In a prospective cohort study of 16 079 participants aged ≥45 yr having inpatient noncardiac surgery at 12 academic hospitals in eight countries between 2007 and 2011, 17.3% (2782) experienced BIMS. An electronic risk calculator for BIMS was developed and internally validated by logistic regression with bootstrapping, and further simplified to a risk index. Decision curve analysis assessed the potential utility of each prediction guide compared with a strategy of identifying risk of BIMS based on preoperative haemoglobin <120 g L-1 ., Results: With information about the type of surgery, preoperative haemoglobin, age, sex, functional status, kidney function, history of high-risk coronary artery disease, and active cancer, the risk calculator accurately predicted BIMS (bias-corrected C-statistic, 0.84; 95% confidence interval, 0.837-0.852). A simplified index based on preoperative haemoglobin <120 g L-1 , open surgery, and high-risk surgery also predicted BIMS, but less accurately (C-statistic, 0.787; 95% confidence interval, 0.779-0.796). Both prediction guides could improve decision making compared with knowledge of haemoglobin <120 g L-1 alone., Conclusions: BIMS, defined as bleeding that leads to a postoperative haemoglobin <70 g L-1 , leads to blood transfusion, or that is judged to be the direct cause of death, can be predicted by a simple risk index before surgery., Clinical Trial Registration: NCT00512109., (Copyright © 2020 British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
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17. Bleeding Independently associated with Mortality after noncardiac Surgery (BIMS): an international prospective cohort study establishing diagnostic criteria and prognostic importance.
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Roshanov PS, Eikelboom JW, Sessler DI, Kearon C, Guyatt GH, Crowther M, Tandon V, Borges FK, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Biccard BM, Szczeklik W, Panju M, Spence J, Garg AX, McGillion M, VanHelder T, Kavsak PA, de Beer J, Winemaker M, Le Manach Y, Sheth T, Pinthus JH, Siegal D, Thabane L, Simunovic MRI, Mizera R, Ribas S, and Devereaux PJ
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Background: We aimed to establish diagnostic criteria for bleeding independently associated with mortality after noncardiac surgery (BIMS) defined as bleeding during or within 30 days after noncardiac surgery that is independently associated with mortality within 30 days of surgery, and to estimate the proportion of 30-day postoperative mortality potentially attributable to BIMS., Methods: This was a prospective cohort study of participants ≥45 yr old having inpatient noncardiac surgery at 12 academic hospitals in eight countries between 2007 and 2011. Cox proportional hazards models evaluated the adjusted relationship between candidate diagnostic criteria for BIMS and all-cause mortality within 30 days of surgery., Results: Of 16 079 participants, 2.0% (315) died and 36.1% (5810) met predefined screening criteria for bleeding. Based on independent association with 30-day mortality, BIMS was identified as bleeding leading to a postoperative haemoglobin <70 g L
-1 , transfusion of ≥1 unit of red blood cells, or that was judged to be the cause of death. Bleeding independently associated with mortality after noncardiac surgery occurred in 17.3% of patients (2782). Death occurred in 5.8% of patients with BIMS (161/2782), 1.3% (39/3028) who met bleeding screening criteria but not BIMS criteria, and 1.1% (115/10 269) without bleeding. BIMS was associated with mortality (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.87; 95% confidence interval: 1.42-2.47). We estimated the proportion of 30-day postoperative deaths potentially attributable to BIMS to be 20.1-31.9%., Conclusions: Bleeding independently associated with mortality after noncardiac surgery (BIMS), defined as bleeding that leads to a postoperative haemoglobin <70 g L-1 , blood transfusion, or that is judged to be the cause of death, is common and may account for a quarter of deaths after noncardiac surgery., Clinical Trial Registration: NCT00512109., (Copyright © 2020 British Journal of Anaesthesia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)- Published
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18. Decreasing Postoperative Blood Loss by Topical vs. Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Open Cardiac Surgery (DEPOSITION) study: Results of a pilot study.
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Habbab LM, Hussain S, Power P, Bashir S, Gao P, Semelhago L, VanHelder T, Parry D, Chu V, and Lamy A
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- Administration, Topical, Aged, Aortic Valve surgery, Coronary Artery Bypass, Double-Blind Method, Emulsions, Fatty Acids, Female, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phospholipids, Pilot Projects, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, Antifibrinolytic Agents administration & dosage, Blood Loss, Surgical prevention & control, Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Postoperative Hemorrhage prevention & control, Tranexamic Acid administration & dosage
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Background: Cardiac surgery patients are at high risk for postoperative bleeding. Intravenous (IV) tranexamic acid (TxA) is a commonly used antifibrinolytic drug, but is associated with postoperative seizures. We conducted this pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) to determine the feasibility of a larger trial that will be designed to investigate the impact of TxA administration route, intrapericardial (IP) vs IV, on postoperative bleeding and seizures., Methods: In this single-center, double-blinded, pilot RCT we enrolled adult patients undergoing nonemergent on-pump cardiac operations through a median sternotomy. Participants were randomized to IP or IV TxA groups. The primary outcomes were cumulative chest tube drainage, transfusion requirements, and incidence of postoperative seizures., Results: A total of 97 participants were randomized to the intervention and control groups. Baseline characteristics were similar in both groups. Most participants underwent a CABG and/or aortic valve replacement. There was no statistical difference. The IP TxA group was found to have a tendency for less chest tube drainage in comparison to the IV TxA group, 500.5 (370.0-700.0) and 540.0 (420.0-700.0) mL, respectively, which was not statistically significant (P = 0.2854). Fewer participants in the IP TxA group with cardiac tamponade and/or required a reoperation for bleeding and fewer packed red blood cell transfusions. None of the IP TxA group developed seizure vs one from the IV TxA group., Conclusion: This is the first known pilot RCT to investigate the role of TxA route of administration in open cardiac surgery. Intrapericardial TxA shows promising results with decreased bleeding, transfusion requirements, reoperations, and postoperative seizures. A larger RCT is needed to confirm these results and lead to a change in practice., (© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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19. Bleeding impacting mortality after noncardiac surgery: a protocol to establish diagnostic criteria, estimate prognostic importance, and develop and validate a prediction guide in an international prospective cohort study.
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Roshanov PS, Eikelboom JW, Crowther M, Tandon V, Borges FK, Kearon C, Lamy A, Whitlock R, Biccard BM, Szczeklik W, Guyatt GH, Panju M, Spence J, Garg AX, McGillion M, VanHelder T, Kavsak PA, de Beer J, Winemaker M, Sessler DI, Le Manach Y, Sheth T, Pinthus JH, Thabane L, Simunovic MRI, Mizera R, Ribas S, and Devereaux PJ
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Introduction: Various definitions of bleeding have been used in perioperative studies without systematic assessment of the diagnostic criteria for their independent association with outcomes important to patients. Our proposed definition of bleeding impacting mortality after noncardiac surgery (BIMS) is bleeding that is independently associated with death during or within 30 days after noncardiac surgery. We describe our analysis plan to sequentially 1) establish the diagnostic criteria for BIMS, 2) estimate the independent contribution of BIMS to 30-day mortality and 3) develop and internally validate a clinical prediction guide to estimate patient-specific risk of BIMS., Methods: In the Vascular Events In Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation (VISION) study, we prospectively collected bleeding data for 16 079 patients aged 45 years or more who had noncardiac inpatient surgery between 2007 and 2011 at 12 centres in 8 countries across 5 continents. We will include bleeding features independently associated with 30-day mortality in the diagnostic criteria for BIMS. Candidate features will include the need for reoperation due to bleeding, the number of units of erythrocytes transfused, the lowest postoperative hemoglobin concentration, and the absolute and relative decrements in hemoglobin concentration from the preoperative value. We will then estimate the incidence of BIMS and its independent association with 30-day mortality. Last, we will construct and internally validate a clinical prediction guide for BIMS., Interpretation: This study will address an important gap in our knowledge about perioperative bleeding, with implications for the 200 million patients who undergo noncardiac surgery globally every year. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, no NCT00512109., Competing Interests: Competing interests: See the end of the article., (Copyright 2017, Joule Inc. or its licensors.)
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20. Effects of remote ischemic preconditioning in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery (Remote IMPACT): a randomized controlled trial.
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Walsh M, Whitlock R, Garg AX, Légaré JF, Duncan AE, Zimmerman R, Miller S, Fremes S, Kieser T, Karthikeyan G, Chan M, Ho A, Nasr V, Vincent J, Ali I, Lavi R, Sessler DI, Kramer R, Gardner J, Syed S, VanHelder T, Guyatt G, Rao-Melacini P, Thabane L, and Devereaux PJ
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- Acute Kidney Injury blood, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers blood, Coronary Artery Bypass, Female, Heart Valves surgery, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury blood, Postoperative Complications blood, Reperfusion Injury blood, Reperfusion Injury prevention & control, Single-Blind Method, Treatment Outcome, Acute Kidney Injury prevention & control, Cardiac Surgical Procedures methods, Creatine Kinase, MB Form blood, Creatinine blood, Ischemic Preconditioning methods, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury prevention & control, Postoperative Complications prevention & control
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Background: Remote ischemic preconditioning is a simple therapy that may reduce cardiac and kidney injury. We undertook a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of this therapy on markers of heart and kidney injury after cardiac surgery., Methods: Patients at high risk of death within 30 days after cardiac surgery were randomly assigned to undergo remote ischemic preconditioning or a sham procedure after induction of anesthesia. The preconditioning therapy was three 5-minute cycles of thigh ischemia, with 5 minutes of reperfusion between cycles. The sham procedure was identical except that ischemia was not induced. The primary outcome was peak creatine kinase-myocardial band (CK-MB) within 24 hours after surgery (expressed as multiples of the upper limit of normal, with log transformation). The secondary outcome was change in creatinine level within 4 days after surgery (expressed as log-transformed micromoles per litre). Patient-important outcomes were assessed up to 6 months after randomization., Results: We randomly assigned 128 patients to remote ischemic preconditioning and 130 to the sham therapy. There were no significant differences in postoperative CK-MB (absolute mean difference 0.15, 95% confidence interval [CI] -0.07 to 0.36) or creatinine (absolute mean difference 0.06, 95% CI -0.10 to 0.23). Other outcomes did not differ significantly for remote ischemic preconditioning relative to the sham therapy: for myocardial infarction, relative risk (RR) 1.35 (95% CI 0.85 to 2.17); for acute kidney injury, RR 1.10 (95% CI 0.68 to 1.78); for stroke, RR 1.02 (95% CI 0.34 to 3.07); and for death, RR 1.47 (95% CI 0.65 to 3.31)., Interpretation: Remote ischemic precnditioning did not reduce myocardial or kidney injury during cardiac surgery. This type of therapy is unlikely to substantially improve patient-important outcomes in cardiac surgery., Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, no. NCT01071265., (© 2016 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors.)
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21. Perioperative aspirin and clonidine and risk of acute kidney injury: a randomized clinical trial.
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Garg AX, Kurz A, Sessler DI, Cuerden M, Robinson A, Mrkobrada M, Parikh CR, Mizera R, Jones PM, Tiboni M, Font A, Cegarra V, Gomez MF, Meyhoff CS, VanHelder T, Chan MT, Torres D, Parlow J, Clanchet Mde N, Amir M, Bidgoli SJ, Pasin L, Martinsen K, Malaga G, Myles P, Acedillo R, Roshanov PS, Walsh M, Dresser G, Kumar P, Fleischmann E, Villar JC, Painter T, Biccard B, Bergese S, Srinathan S, Cata JP, Chan V, Mehra B, Wijeysundera DN, Leslie K, Forget P, Whitlock R, Yusuf S, and Devereaux PJ
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- Administration, Cutaneous, Administration, Oral, Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists adverse effects, Aged, Clonidine adverse effects, Creatinine blood, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Hemorrhage chemically induced, Humans, Hypotension chemically induced, Male, Middle Aged, Perioperative Care, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors adverse effects, Postoperative Complications, Risk, Acute Kidney Injury prevention & control, Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists administration & dosage, Aspirin administration & dosage, Aspirin adverse effects, Clonidine administration & dosage, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors administration & dosage
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Importance: Acute kidney injury, a common complication of surgery, is associated with poor outcomes and high health care costs. Some studies suggest aspirin or clonidine administered during the perioperative period reduces the risk of acute kidney injury; however, these effects are uncertain and each intervention has the potential for harm., Objective: To determine whether aspirin compared with placebo, and clonidine compared with placebo, alters the risk of perioperative acute kidney injury., Design, Setting, and Participants: A 2 × 2 factorial randomized, blinded, clinical trial of 6905 patients undergoing noncardiac surgery from 88 centers in 22 countries with consecutive patients enrolled between January 2011 and December 2013., Interventions: Patients were assigned to take aspirin (200 mg) or placebo 2 to 4 hours before surgery and then aspirin (100 mg) or placebo daily up to 30 days after surgery, and were assigned to take oral clonidine (0.2 mg) or placebo 2 to 4 hours before surgery, and then a transdermal clonidine patch (which provided clonidine at 0.2 mg/d) or placebo patch that remained until 72 hours after surgery., Main Outcomes and Measures: Acute kidney injury was primarily defined as an increase in serum creatinine concentration from the preoperative concentration by either an increase of 0.3 mg/dL or greater (≥26.5 μmol/L) within 48 hours of surgery or an increase of 50% or greater within 7 days of surgery., Results: Aspirin (n = 3443) vs placebo (n = 3462) did not alter the risk of acute kidney injury (13.4% vs 12.3%, respectively; adjusted relative risk, 1.10; 95% CI, 0.96-1.25). Clonidine (n = 3453) vs placebo (n = 3452) did not alter the risk of acute kidney injury (13.0% vs 12.7%, respectively; adjusted relative risk, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.90-1.18). Aspirin increased the risk of major bleeding. In a post hoc analysis, major bleeding was associated with a greater risk of subsequent acute kidney injury (23.3% when bleeding was present vs 12.3% when bleeding was absent; adjusted hazard ratio, 2.20; 95% CI, 1.72-2.83). Similarly, clonidine increased the risk of clinically important hypotension. In a post hoc analysis, clinically important hypotension was associated with a greater risk of subsequent acute kidney injury (14.3% when hypotension was present vs 11.8% when hypotension was absent; adjusted hazard ratio, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.14-1.58)., Conclusions and Relevance: Among patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery, neither aspirin nor clonidine administered perioperatively reduced the risk of acute kidney injury., Trial Registration: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01082874.
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22. Aspirin in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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Devereaux PJ, Mrkobrada M, Sessler DI, Leslie K, Alonso-Coello P, Kurz A, Villar JC, Sigamani A, Biccard BM, Meyhoff CS, Parlow JL, Guyatt G, Robinson A, Garg AX, Rodseth RN, Botto F, Lurati Buse G, Xavier D, Chan MT, Tiboni M, Cook D, Kumar PA, Forget P, Malaga G, Fleischmann E, Amir M, Eikelboom J, Mizera R, Torres D, Wang CY, VanHelder T, Paniagua P, Berwanger O, Srinathan S, Graham M, Pasin L, Le Manach Y, Gao P, Pogue J, Whitlock R, Lamy A, Kearon C, Baigent C, Chow C, Pettit S, Chrolavicius S, and Yusuf S
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- Aged, Aspirin adverse effects, Female, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction epidemiology, Perioperative Care, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors adverse effects, Treatment Failure, Aspirin therapeutic use, Myocardial Infarction prevention & control, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors therapeutic use, Postoperative Complications prevention & control, Postoperative Hemorrhage chemically induced, Surgical Procedures, Operative mortality
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Background: There is substantial variability in the perioperative administration of aspirin in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, both among patients who are already on an aspirin regimen and among those who are not., Methods: Using a 2-by-2 factorial trial design, we randomly assigned 10,010 patients who were preparing to undergo noncardiac surgery and were at risk for vascular complications to receive aspirin or placebo and clonidine or placebo. The results of the aspirin trial are reported here. The patients were stratified according to whether they had not been taking aspirin before the study (initiation stratum, with 5628 patients) or they were already on an aspirin regimen (continuation stratum, with 4382 patients). Patients started taking aspirin (at a dose of 200 mg) or placebo just before surgery and continued it daily (at a dose of 100 mg) for 30 days in the initiation stratum and for 7 days in the continuation stratum, after which patients resumed their regular aspirin regimen. The primary outcome was a composite of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction at 30 days., Results: The primary outcome occurred in 351 of 4998 patients (7.0%) in the aspirin group and in 355 of 5012 patients (7.1%) in the placebo group (hazard ratio in the aspirin group, 0.99; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.86 to 1.15; P=0.92). Major bleeding was more common in the aspirin group than in the placebo group (230 patients [4.6%] vs. 188 patients [3.8%]; hazard ratio, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.01, to 1.49; P=0.04). The primary and secondary outcome results were similar in the two aspirin strata., Conclusions: Administration of aspirin before surgery and throughout the early postsurgical period had no significant effect on the rate of a composite of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction but increased the risk of major bleeding. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and others; POISE-2 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01082874.).
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23. Clonidine in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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Devereaux PJ, Sessler DI, Leslie K, Kurz A, Mrkobrada M, Alonso-Coello P, Villar JC, Sigamani A, Biccard BM, Meyhoff CS, Parlow JL, Guyatt G, Robinson A, Garg AX, Rodseth RN, Botto F, Lurati Buse G, Xavier D, Chan MT, Tiboni M, Cook D, Kumar PA, Forget P, Malaga G, Fleischmann E, Amir M, Eikelboom J, Mizera R, Torres D, Wang CY, Vanhelder T, Paniagua P, Berwanger O, Srinathan S, Graham M, Pasin L, Le Manach Y, Gao P, Pogue J, Whitlock R, Lamy A, Kearon C, Chow C, Pettit S, Chrolavicius S, and Yusuf S
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- Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists adverse effects, Aged, Clonidine adverse effects, Female, Humans, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Perioperative Care, Postoperative Complications chemically induced, Treatment Failure, Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists therapeutic use, Clonidine therapeutic use, Hypotension chemically induced, Myocardial Infarction prevention & control, Postoperative Complications prevention & control, Surgical Procedures, Operative mortality
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Background: Marked activation of the sympathetic nervous system occurs during and after noncardiac surgery. Low-dose clonidine, which blunts central sympathetic outflow, may prevent perioperative myocardial infarction and death without inducing hemodynamic instability., Methods: We performed a blinded, randomized trial with a 2-by-2 factorial design to allow separate evaluation of low-dose clonidine versus placebo and low-dose aspirin versus placebo in patients with, or at risk for, atherosclerotic disease who were undergoing noncardiac surgery. A total of 10,010 patients at 135 centers in 23 countries were enrolled. For the comparison of clonidine with placebo, patients were randomly assigned to receive clonidine (0.2 mg per day) or placebo just before surgery, with the study drug continued until 72 hours after surgery. The primary outcome was a composite of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction at 30 days., Results: Clonidine, as compared with placebo, did not reduce the number of primary-outcome events (367 and 339, respectively; hazard ratio with clonidine, 1.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.93 to 1.26; P=0.29). Myocardial infarction occurred in 329 patients (6.6%) assigned to clonidine and in 295 patients (5.9%) assigned to placebo (hazard ratio, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.95 to 1.30; P=0.18). Significantly more patients in the clonidine group than in the placebo group had clinically important hypotension (2385 patients [47.6%] vs. 1854 patients [37.1%]; hazard ratio 1.32; 95% CI, 1.24 to 1.40; P<0.001). Clonidine, as compared with placebo, was associated with an increased rate of nonfatal cardiac arrest (0.3% [16 patients] vs. 0.1% [5 patients]; hazard ratio, 3.20; 95% CI, 1.17 to 8.73; P=0.02)., Conclusions: Administration of low-dose clonidine in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery did not reduce the rate of the composite outcome of death or nonfatal myocardial infarction; it did, however, increase the risk of clinically important hypotension and nonfatal cardiac arrest. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and others; POISE-2 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01082874.).
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- 2014
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24. Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a large, international, prospective cohort study establishing diagnostic criteria, characteristics, predictors, and 30-day outcomes.
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Botto F, Alonso-Coello P, Chan MT, Villar JC, Xavier D, Srinathan S, Guyatt G, Cruz P, Graham M, Wang CY, Berwanger O, Pearse RM, Biccard BM, Abraham V, Malaga G, Hillis GS, Rodseth RN, Cook D, Polanczyk CA, Szczeklik W, Sessler DI, Sheth T, Ackland GL, Leuwer M, Garg AX, Lemanach Y, Pettit S, Heels-Ansdell D, Luratibuse G, Walsh M, Sapsford R, Schünemann HJ, Kurz A, Thomas S, Mrkobrada M, Thabane L, Gerstein H, Paniagua P, Nagele P, Raina P, Yusuf S, Devereaux PJ, Devereaux PJ, Sessler DI, Walsh M, Guyatt G, McQueen MJ, Bhandari M, Cook D, Bosch J, Buckley N, Yusuf S, Chow CK, Hillis GS, Halliwell R, Li S, Lee VW, Mooney J, Polanczyk CA, Furtado MV, Berwanger O, Suzumura E, Santucci E, Leite K, Santo JA, Jardim CA, Cavalcanti AB, Guimaraes HP, Jacka MJ, Graham M, McAlister F, McMurtry S, Townsend D, Pannu N, Bagshaw S, Bessissow A, Bhandari M, Duceppe E, Eikelboom J, Ganame J, Hankinson J, Hill S, Jolly S, Lamy A, Ling E, Magloire P, Pare G, Reddy D, Szalay D, Tittley J, Weitz J, Whitlock R, Darvish-Kazim S, Debeer J, Kavsak P, Kearon C, Mizera R, O'Donnell M, McQueen M, Pinthus J, Ribas S, Simunovic M, Tandon V, Vanhelder T, Winemaker M, Gerstein H, McDonald S, O'Bryne P, Patel A, Paul J, Punthakee Z, Raymer K, Salehian O, Spencer F, Walter S, Worster A, Adili A, Clase C, Cook D, Crowther M, Douketis J, Gangji A, Jackson P, Lim W, Lovrics P, Mazzadi S, Orovan W, Rudkowski J, Soth M, Tiboni M, Acedillo R, Garg A, Hildebrand A, Lam N, Macneil D, Mrkobrada M, Roshanov PS, Srinathan SK, Ramsey C, John PS, Thorlacius L, Siddiqui FS, Grocott HP, McKay A, Lee TW, Amadeo R, Funk D, McDonald H, Zacharias J, Villar JC, Cortés OL, Chaparro MS, Vásquez S, Castañeda A, Ferreira S, Coriat P, Monneret D, Goarin JP, Esteve CI, Royer C, Daas G, Chan MT, Choi GY, Gin T, Lit LC, Xavier D, Sigamani A, Faruqui A, Dhanpal R, Almeida S, Cherian J, Furruqh S, Abraham V, Afzal L, George P, Mala S, Schünemann H, Muti P, Vizza E, Wang CY, Ong GS, Mansor M, Tan AS, Shariffuddin II, Vasanthan V, Hashim NH, Undok AW, Ki U, Lai HY, Ahmad WA, Razack AH, Malaga G, Valderrama-Victoria V, Loza-Herrera JD, De Los Angeles Lazo M, Rotta-Rotta A, Szczeklik W, Sokolowska B, Musial J, Gorka J, Iwaszczuk P, Kozka M, Chwala M, Raczek M, Mrowiecki T, Kaczmarek B, Biccard B, Cassimjee H, Gopalan D, Kisten T, Mugabi A, Naidoo P, Naidoo R, Rodseth R, Skinner D, Torborg A, Paniagua P, Urrutia G, Maestre ML, Santaló M, Gonzalez R, Font A, Martínez C, Pelaez X, De Antonio M, Villamor JM, García JA, Ferré MJ, Popova E, Alonso-Coello P, Garutti I, Cruz P, Fernández C, Palencia M, Díaz S, Del Castillo T, Varela A, de Miguel A, Muñoz M, Piñeiro P, Cusati G, Del Barrio M, Membrillo MJ, Orozco D, Reyes F, Sapsford RJ, Barth J, Scott J, Hall A, Howell S, Lobley M, Woods J, Howard S, Fletcher J, Dewhirst N, Williams C, Rushton A, Welters I, Leuwer M, Pearse R, Ackland G, Khan A, Niebrzegowska E, Benton S, Wragg A, Archbold A, Smith A, McAlees E, Ramballi C, Macdonald N, Januszewska M, Stephens R, Reyes A, Paredes LG, Sultan P, Cain D, Whittle J, Del Arroyo AG, Sessler DI, Kurz A, Sun Z, Finnegan PS, Egan C, Honar H, Shahinyan A, Panjasawatwong K, Fu AY, Wang S, Reineks E, Nagele P, Blood J, Kalin M, Gibson D, and Wildes T
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- Age Distribution, Aged, Cohort Studies, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Ischemia blood, Postoperative Complications blood, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Troponin T blood, Myocardial Ischemia diagnosis, Myocardial Ischemia epidemiology, Patient Outcome Assessment, Postoperative Complications diagnosis, Postoperative Complications epidemiology, Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Background: Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS) was defined as prognostically relevant myocardial injury due to ischemia that occurs during or within 30 days after noncardiac surgery. The study's four objectives were to determine the diagnostic criteria, characteristics, predictors, and 30-day outcomes of MINS., Methods: In this international, prospective cohort study of 15,065 patients aged 45 yr or older who underwent in-patient noncardiac surgery, troponin T was measured during the first 3 postoperative days. Patients with a troponin T level of 0.04 ng/ml or greater (elevated "abnormal" laboratory threshold) were assessed for ischemic features (i.e., ischemic symptoms and electrocardiography findings). Patients adjudicated as having a nonischemic troponin elevation (e.g., sepsis) were excluded. To establish diagnostic criteria for MINS, the authors used Cox regression analyses in which the dependent variable was 30-day mortality (260 deaths) and independent variables included preoperative variables, perioperative complications, and potential MINS diagnostic criteria., Results: An elevated troponin after noncardiac surgery, irrespective of the presence of an ischemic feature, independently predicted 30-day mortality. Therefore, the authors' diagnostic criterion for MINS was a peak troponin T level of 0.03 ng/ml or greater judged due to myocardial ischemia. MINS was an independent predictor of 30-day mortality (adjusted hazard ratio, 3.87; 95% CI, 2.96-5.08) and had the highest population-attributable risk (34.0%, 95% CI, 26.6-41.5) of the perioperative complications. Twelve hundred patients (8.0%) suffered MINS, and 58.2% of these patients would not have fulfilled the universal definition of myocardial infarction. Only 15.8% of patients with MINS experienced an ischemic symptom., Conclusion: Among adults undergoing noncardiac surgery, MINS is common and associated with substantial mortality.
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25. Aspirin and clonidine in non-cardiac surgery: acute kidney injury substudy protocol of the Perioperative Ischaemic Evaluation (POISE) 2 randomised controlled trial.
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Garg AX, Kurz A, Sessler DI, Cuerden M, Robinson A, Mrkobrada M, Parikh C, Mizera R, Jones PM, Tiboni M, Rodriguez RG, Popova E, Rojas Gomez MF, Meyhoff CS, Vanhelder T, Chan MT, Torres D, Parlow J, de Nadal Clanchet M, Amir M, Bidgoli SJ, Pasin L, Martinsen K, Malaga G, Myles P, Acedillo R, Roshanov P, Walsh M, Dresser G, Kumar P, Fleischmann E, Villar JC, Painter T, Biccard B, Bergese S, Srinathan S, Cata JP, Chan V, Mehra B, Leslie K, Whitlock R, and Devereaux PJ
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- Acute Kidney Injury blood, Creatinine blood, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Humans, Intraoperative Care, Postoperative Complications blood, Preoperative Care, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic complications, Research Design, Acute Kidney Injury prevention & control, Adrenergic alpha-2 Receptor Agonists administration & dosage, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal administration & dosage, Aspirin administration & dosage, Clonidine administration & dosage, Postoperative Complications prevention & control
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Introduction: Perioperative Ischaemic Evaluation-2 (POISE-2) is an international 2×2 factorial randomised controlled trial of low-dose aspirin versus placebo and low-dose clonidine versus placebo in patients who undergo non-cardiac surgery. Perioperative aspirin (and possibly clonidine) may reduce the risk of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI)., Methods and Analysis: After receipt of grant funding, serial postoperative serum creatinine measurements began to be recorded in consecutive patients enrolled at substudy participating centres. With respect to the study schedule, the last of over 6500 substudy patients from 82 centres in 21 countries were randomised in December 2013. The authors will use logistic regression to estimate the adjusted OR of AKI following surgery (compared with the preoperative serum creatinine value, a postoperative increase ≥26.5 μmol/L in the 2 days following surgery or an increase of ≥50% in the 7 days following surgery) comparing each intervention to placebo, and will report the adjusted relative risk reduction. Alternate definitions of AKI will also be considered, as will the outcome of AKI in subgroups defined by the presence of preoperative chronic kidney disease and preoperative chronic aspirin use. At the time of randomisation, a subpopulation agreed to a single measurement of serum creatinine between 3 and 12 months after surgery, and the authors will examine intervention effects on this outcome., Ethics and Dissemination: The authors were competitively awarded a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for this POISE-2 AKI substudy. Ethics approval was obtained for additional kidney data collection in consecutive patients enrolled at participating centres, which first began for patients enrolled after January 2011. In patients who provided consent, the remaining longer term serum creatinine data will be collected throughout 2014. The results of this study will be reported no later than 2015., Clinical Trial Registration Number: NCT01082874.
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26. Association between postoperative troponin levels and 30-day mortality among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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Devereaux PJ, Chan MT, Alonso-Coello P, Walsh M, Berwanger O, Villar JC, Wang CY, Garutti RI, Jacka MJ, Sigamani A, Srinathan S, Biccard BM, Chow CK, Abraham V, Tiboni M, Pettit S, Szczeklik W, Lurati Buse G, Botto F, Guyatt G, Heels-Ansdell D, Sessler DI, Thorlund K, Garg AX, Mrkobrada M, Thomas S, Rodseth RN, Pearse RM, Thabane L, McQueen MJ, VanHelder T, Bhandari M, Bosch J, Kurz A, Polanczyk C, Malaga G, Nagele P, Le Manach Y, Leuwer M, and Yusuf S
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- Aged, Female, Humans, Inpatients statistics & numerical data, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Postoperative Period, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Prospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Biomarkers blood, Surgical Procedures, Operative mortality, Troponin T blood
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Context: Of the 200 million adults worldwide who undergo noncardiac surgery each year, more than 1 million will die within 30 days., Objective: To determine the relationship between the peak fourth-generation troponin T (TnT) measurement in the first 3 days after noncardiac surgery and 30-day mortality., Design, Setting, and Participants: A prospective, international cohort study that enrolled patients from August 6, 2007, to January 11, 2011. Eligible patients were aged 45 years and older and required at least an overnight hospital admission after having noncardiac surgery., Main Outcome Measures: Patients' TnT levels were measured 6 to 12 hours after surgery and on days 1, 2, and 3 after surgery. We undertook Cox regression analysis in which the dependent variable was mortality until 30 days after surgery, and the independent variables included 24 preoperative variables. We repeated this analysis, adding the peak TnT measurement during the first 3 postoperative days as an independent variable and used a minimum P value approach to determine if there were TnT thresholds that independently altered patients' risk of death., Results: A total of 15,133 patients were included in this study. The 30-day mortality rate was 1.9% (95% CI, 1.7%-2.1%). Multivariable analysis demonstrated that peak TnT values of at least 0.02 ng/mL, occurring in 11.6% of patients, were associated with higher 30-day mortality compared with the reference group (peak TnT ≤ 0.01 ng/mL): peak TnT of 0.02 ng/mL (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR], 2.41; 95% CI, 1.33-3.77); 0.03 to 0.29 ng/mL (aHR, 5.00; 95% CI, 3.72-6.76); and 0.30 ng/mL or greater (aHR, 10.48; 95% CI, 6.25-16.62). Patients with a peak TnT value of 0.01 ng/mL or less, 0.02, 0.03-0.29, and 0.30 or greater had 30-day mortality rates of 1.0%, 4.0%, 9.3%, and 16.9%, respectively. Peak TnT measurement added incremental prognostic value to discriminate those likely to die within 30 days for the model with peak TnT measurement vs without (C index = 0.85 vs 0.81; difference, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.2-0.5; P < .001 for difference between C index values). The net reclassification improvement with TnT was 25.0% (P < .001)., Conclusion: Among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, the peak postoperative TnT measurement during the first 3 days after surgery was significantly associated with 30-day mortality.
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27. Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia in a primigravida with valvular heart disease.
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VanHelder T and Smedstad KG
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Purpose: This is the first report describing combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for labour and unexpected Caesarean section in a patient with mitral and aortic stenosis and insufficiency., Clinical Features: The patient was a 30-yr-old GIPO with a history of rheumatic fever. She had moderate stenosis and insufficiency of the mitral and aortic valves. Combined spinal epidural anaesthesia was used throughout labour and subsequent Caesarean section. The patient remained haemodynamically stable throughout the procedure., Conclusion: Carefully planned regional anaesthesia was safely used for labour and operative delivery in this parturient with mitral and aortic valvular disease.
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28. Effects of sleep deprivation and exercise on glucose tolerance.
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VanHelder T, Symons JD, and Radomski MW
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- Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Blood Glucose metabolism, Glucose Tolerance Test, Humans, Insulin blood, Insulin metabolism, Insulin Resistance, Insulin Secretion, Male, Blood Glucose analysis, Exercise physiology, Sleep Deprivation physiology
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Previous studies suggest that sleep deprivation (SD) decreases glucose tolerance in humans. The present study examined the ability of 10 males to process a glucose load during two conditions separated by at least 10 d. Condition I consisted of sedentary daily activity and sleep deprivation (SDS). Condition II consisted of daily physical activity and sleep deprivation (SDX). In both the SDS and SDX conditions, subjects were sleep deprived for 60 h followed by 7 h of normal sleep. An oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was administered at 10 and 60 h of SD, and after a night of recovery sleep in each condition, and plasma glucose and insulin concentrations were measured. No differences in the total plasma glucose response to the OGTT were observed over the total experimental period during Conditions I and II. However, the insulin response to the OGTT was elevated in the two conditions after 60 h of SD. Furthermore, the sedentary Condition I (SDS) resulted in higher insulin responses at all times compared to exercise Condition II (SDX). It is suggested that SD contributes to the development of an insulin resistance that can be partially reversed by physical activity. The results support the suggestion that SD results in decreased insulin sensitivity at peripheral receptor sites which can eventually lead to insulin exhaustion at pancreatic sites after longer periods of SD.
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29. Electro-mechanical response times and muscle strength after sleep deprivation.
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Symons JD, Bell DG, Pope J, VanHelder T, and Myles WS
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- Adult, Electromyography, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Oxygen Consumption, Sleep physiology, Stress, Mechanical, Transducers, Isometric Contraction, Muscle Contraction, Muscles physiology, Reaction Time physiology, Sleep Deprivation physiology
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This study examined the effect of 60 h of sleep deprivation (SD) on electromechanical response times (EMRT), maximal voluntary isometric contraction (MVC), rate of force development (RFD), and times required to reach various percentages of MVC, during a maximal voluntary isometric contraction of both the forearm flexors and leg extensors. Eleven male subjects were either sleep deprived for 60 h (E) or performed similar daily activities and slept 7 h per night (C). Performance variables were evaluated at the same time intervals during both conditions. No significant differences were observed between the E and C conditions for EMRT (pre-motor time, electro-mechanical delay, total reaction time) or muscular performance (MVC, RFD). The results suggest that subjects who have undergone 60 h of SD can react as fast, and with as much force, as those who have had 7 h of sleep per night.
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