Latest Cardiothoracic anesthesiology Stories

TEL-AVIV, Israel and VANCOUVER, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a study validating Cheetah Medical's [http://www.cheetah-medical.com ] non-invasive NICOM system for use in surgery to guide fluid management will be presented at the 2012 Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Annual Meeting in Quebec City, June 15th - 17th. This new study complements a strong body of evidence that demonstrates that when anesthesiologists base delivery of intravenous fluids on repetitive...

TEL-AVIV, Israel and VANCOUVER, Washington, October 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from a study validating Cheetah Medical's non-invasive NICOM system for use in surgery to guide fluid management were presented October 16 at the 2011 American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting in Chicago. This new study complements a strong body of evidence that demonstrates that when anesthesiologists base delivery of intravenous fluids on repetitive measurements of cardiac output,...

CHICAGO, Oct. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifebox, a global not-for-profit organization, today announced that the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has joined its campaign to provide life-saving pulse oximeters for operating rooms in developing countries around the world. The announcement, made today at the ASA's annual meeting ANESTHESIOLOGY 2011, means ASA is lending significant support to Lifebox by urging donations of $250 to provide pulse oximeters to reduce unnecessary...

MORRISVILLE, N.C., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There is good news for cancer patients whose medical treatments put them at risk for future cardiac problems: using strain echocardiography can help physicians detect early signs of cardiac toxicity. To help get this information out to those in need, the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is preparing a guideline document outlining the best way to evaluate cancer patients, and has funded a research study to enhance...

Only 35% of anaesthesiologists are carrying out a simple procedure during high-risk surgery that can make a significant impact on how well patients recover from their operations, according to new research presented today (Sunday 12 June) at the European Anaesthesiology Congress in Amsterdam.A survey of 463 randomly selected European and US anaesthesiologists found that although more than 95% of them knew that it was of major importance that enough oxygen reached all parts of the body during...

Cardiac events are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery, and new guidelines issued today by the European Society of Cardiology address this common and complicated challenge.The risk of cardiac complications depends on the condition of the patient prior to surgery, the prevalence of heart disease, and the magnitude and duration of the surgical procedure. After major surgery the incidence of cardiac death varies between 0.5% and 1.5%, and of...

TROY, Mich., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical device maker Somanetics Corporation today announced that The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has added cerebral oximetry as a metric to be collected as part of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database effective January 1, 2008. Somanetics' INVOS System is a cerebral oximeter that helps medical professionals protect patients during cardiac surgery by reflecting whether the brain has adequate oxygenation throughout the operation. "The...