Week report: Jan 7- 21 2012

7-1:

• Preoperative predicted risk does not fully explain the association between red blood cell transfusion and mortality in coronary artery bypass grafting          J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012;143:178-185 (Abstract) 

8-1:

• What would medical practice be like today without anesthesia?    

14-1:

• Standard subcutaneous dosing of unfractionated heparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in surgical ICU patients leads to subtherapeutic factor Xa inhibition   Intensive Care Medicine 2012 Online first (Abstract) 

17-1:

• Effects of levosimendan on mortality and hospitalization. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies   Critical Care Medicine February 2012 - Volume 40 - Issue 2 - p 634–646 (Abstract) 

• Antiplatelet Therapy and Proton Pump Inhibition : Clinician Update   Circulation 2012, 125:375-380 (Full Text PDF) 

18-1:

• NYT: Cracking Open the Scientific Process   NYT 18/01/2012 

19-1:

• Cognitive and Neurologic Outcomes after Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery   N Engl J Med 2012; 366:250-257January 19, 2012 (Abstract) 

20-1:

• Fibrinogen and Hemostasis: A Primary Hemostatic Target for the Management of Acquired Bleeding   Anesthesia & Analgesia February 2012 vol. 114 no. 2 261-274 (Abstract) 

21-1:

• Procoagulant Activity in Hemostasis and Thrombosis: Virchow's Triad Revisited   Anesthesia & Analgesia February 2012 vol. 114 no. 2 275-285 (Abstract)