Anesthetics to Prevent Lung Injury in Cardiac Surgery (APLICS): a protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Anesthetics to Prevent Lung Injury in Cardiac Surgery (APLICS): a protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass are at an increased risk of developing postoperative pulmonary complications, potentially leading to excess morbidity and mortality. It is likely that pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury during cardiopulmonary...

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Main Authors: Brian O’Gara, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Shahzad Shaefi, Ariel Mueller, Valerie Banner-Goodspeed, Daniel Talmor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Inflammatory lung injury
Volatile anesthetics
Cardiac surgery
Postoperative pulmonary complications
TNFα
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3400-x

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