Mycobacterium chimaera encephalitis post-cardiac surgery: A new syndrome

Global outbreak of severe Mycobacterium chimaera disease after cardiac surgery: a molecular epidemiological study

Lancet Infect Dis.

van Ingen J, Kohl TA, Kranzer K, Hasse B, Keller PM, Katarzyna Szafrańska A, Hillemann D, Chand M, Schreiber PW, Sommerstein R, Berger C, Genoni M, Rüegg C, Troillet N, Widmer AF, Becker SL, Herrmann M, Eckmanns T, Haller S, Höller C, Debast SB, Wolfhagen MJ, Hopman J, Kluytmans J, Langelaar M, Notermans DW, Ten Oever J, van den Barselaar P, Vonk ABA, Vos MC, Ahmed N, Brown T, Crook D, Lamagni T, Phin N, Smith EG, Zambon M, Serr A, Götting T, Ebner W, Thürmer A, Utpatel C, Spröer C, Bunk B, Nübel U, Bloemberg GV, Böttger EC, Niemann S, Wagner D, Sax H

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Mycobacterial Infections

International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass

J Hosp Infect.

Hasse B, Hannan M, Keller PM, Maurer FP, Sommerstein R, Mertz D, Wagner D, Fernández-Hidalgo N, Nomura J, Manfrin V, Bettex D, Conte AH, Durante-Mangoni E, Hing-Cheung Tang T, Stuart RL, Lundgren J, Gordon S, Jarashow MC, Schreiber PW, Niemann S, Kohl TA, Daley C, Stewardson AJ, Whitener CJ, Perkins K, Plachouras D, Lamagni T, Chand M, Freiberger T, Zweifel S, Sander P, Schulthess B, Scriven J, Sax H, van Ingen J, Mestres CA, Diekema D, Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ Jr, Baddour LM, Miro JM, Hoen B, M. chimaera ISCVID investigators., Infectious Diseases specialists., Hospital epidemiologists., Microbiologists and molecular typing specialists., Cardiac surgeons/ perfusionists/ cardiologists., Ophthalmology., Anaesthesiologists., Public Health.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2019.10.009.

Perioperative Management

Effect of opioid-free anaesthesia on post-operative period in cardiac surgery: a retrospective matched case-control study

BMC Anesthesiol.

Guinot PG, Spitz A, Berthoud V, Ellouze O, Missaoui A, Constandache T, Grosjean S, Radhouani M, Anciaux JB, Parthiot JP, Merle JP, Nowobilski N, Nguyen M, Bouhemad B

doi: 10.1186/s12871-019-0802-y.

Chronic Pain

Treatment Options for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS) Patients with Refractory Chronic Pain: An Evidence-Based Approach

Spine (Phila Pa 1976)

Amirdelfan K, Webster L, Poree L, Sukul V, McRoberts P

doi: 10.1097/

Sepsis

Risk score for cardiac surgery in active left-sided infective endocarditis

Heart.

Olmos C, Vilacosta I, Habib G, Maroto L, Fernández C, López J, Sarriá C, Salaun E, Di Stefano S, Carnero M, Hubert S, Ferrera C, Tirado G, Freitas-Ferraz A, Sáez C, Cobiella J, Bustamante-Munguira J, Sánchez-Enrique C, García-Granja PE, Lavoute C, Obadia B, Vivas D1, Gutiérrez Á, San Román JA

doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-311093.

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Pain Management

Prospective cohort analysis of DRG stimulation for failed back surgery syndrome pain following lumbar discectomy

Pain Pract.

Kallewaard JW, Nijhuis H, Huygen F, Wille F, Zuidema X, van de Minkelis J, Raza A

doi: 10.1111/papr.12734.

Mechanical Ventilation

Intraoperative Mechanical Ventilation and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications after Cardiac Surgery

Anesthesiology.

Mathis MR, Duggal NM, Likosky DS, Haft JW, Douville NJ, Vaughn MT, Maile MD, Blank RS, Colquhoun DA, Strobel RJ, Janda AM, Zhang M, Kheterpal S, Engoren MC

doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000002909.

Postoperative Pain

Continuous Ropivacaine Infusion Offers No Benefit in Treating Postoperative Pain After Cardiac Surgery

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth.

Florkiewicz P, Musialowicz T, Hippeläinen M, Lahtinen P

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.09.006.

Perioperative Management

Fibrinogen Concentrate as an Alternative to Cryoprecipitate in a Postcardiopulmonary Transfusion Algorithm in Infants Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Anesth Analg.

Downey LA, Andrews J, Hedlin H, Kamra K, McKenzie ED, Hanley FL, Williams GD, Guzzetta NA

doi: 10.1213/

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