SynthesisAnnals of cardiac anaesthesia
The use of cerebral oximetry in cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP Guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery.British journal of anaesthesia · 2025Guideline
- Care guided by tissue oxygenation and haemodynamic monitoring in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (Bottomline-CS): assessor blind, single centre, randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2025Trial
- Recent perioperative challenges in anesthesia during expansion of heart transplantation.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Review
- Comment on "Cerebral pulse oximetry in carotid endarterectomy: an impact study".Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Article
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- 2024 EACTS/EACTAIC/EBCP Guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery.Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery · 2025Article
- 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 · 2025Article
- Assessing hemodynamic changes before and after pump in CABG surgery and its factors.ARYA atherosclerosis · 2025Article
- Brain health: A concern for anaesthesiologists and intensivists.European journal of anaesthesiology and intensive care · 2024Review
- Anesthesia for Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery: The Bonn Heart Center Protocol.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Noninvasive neurological monitoring to enhance pLVAD-assisted ventricular tachycardia ablation - a Mini review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Abnormally low regional cerebral oxygen saturation after induction of anesthesia without neurological abnormality: A case report.Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaArticle
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
High prevalence of cerebral desaturation is associated with postoperative neurological complications in cardiac surgery. However, the evidence use of cerebral oximetry by correcting cerebral desaturation in the reduction of postoperative complications remains uncertain in the literature. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the effect of cerebral oximetry on the incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in cardiac surgery. Databases of MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL were searched from their inception until April 2021. All randomized controlled trials comparing cerebral oximetry and blinded/no cerebral oximetry in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery were included. Observational studies, case series, and case reports were excluded. A total of 14 trials (n = 2,033) were included in this review. Our pooled data demonstrated that patients with cerebral oximetry were associated with a lower incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction than the control group (studies = 4, n = 609, odds ratio [OR]: 0.15, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.04 to 0.54, P = 0.003, I
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