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ArticleThe journal of extra-corporeal technology2018

Global Cardioplegia Practices: Results from the Global Cardiopulmonary Bypass Survey.

Jason M Ali, Lachlan F Miles, Yasir Abu-Omar, Carlos Galhardo, Florian Falter

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Article in The journal of extra-corporeal technology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP Guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery.European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jason M AliDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Lachlan F MilesDepartment of Anesthesia, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.
Yasir Abu-OmarDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Carlos GalhardoDepartment of Anesthesiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Rio-de-Janiero, Brazil; and.
Florian FalterDepartment of Anesthesia, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Austin Health · AUPapworth Hospital · GBRoyal Victoria Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the ubiquitous use of cardioplegia in cardiac surgery, there is a lack of agreement on various aspects of cardioplegia practice. To discover current cardioplegia practices throughout the world, we undertook a global survey to document contemporary cardiopulmonary bypass practices. A 16-question, Internet-based survey was distributed by regional specialist societies, targeting adult cardiac anesthesiologists. Ten questions concerned caseload and cardioplegia practices, the remaining questions examined anticoagulation and pump-priming practices. The survey was available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. The survey was launched in June 2015 and remained open until May 2016. A total of 923 responses were analyzed, summarizing practice in Europe (269), North America (334), South America (215), and Australia/New Zealand (105). Inter-regional responses differed for all questions asked (

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Cardiopulmonary BypassHeart Arrest, InducedAnesthesiologistsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPotassium CompoundsPractice Patterns, Physicians'Surveys and Questionnairespotassium cardioplegic solutionPotassium Compoundsbloodcardioplegiacardiopulmonary bypasscrystalloid

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PMID29921986
PMCPMC6002645
OpenAlexW2924966155

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