THE SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE (man-ifested by pyrexia, leukocytosis,
tachycardia, hypotension, tissue fluid accumulation, and organ failure) is generated during …

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is known to cause a systemic inflammatory response.
Inflammation includes several cascade activations: complement, cytokine, and coagulation …

Background Normothermic machine perfusion of the liver (NMP-L) is a novel technique that
preserves liver grafts under near-physiological conditions while maintaining their normal …

Background. The optimal method of oxygen delivery to donor kidneys during ex vivo
machine perfusion has not been established. We have recently reported the beneficial …

Normothermic machine perfusion presents a novel platform for pretransplant assessment
and reconditioning of kidney grafts. Maintaining the metabolic activity of a preserved graft at …

The influence of erythrocytes and oxygen concentration on kidneys during long-term
normothermic kidney perfusion is under debate. This study compares acellular and …

Background: Cardiac surgery–associated acute kidney injury is a frequent and serious
postoperative complication of cardiac surgery and is associated with an increased risk of …

Introduction Blood transfusion is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in cardiac
surgery patients, but cause-and-effect relations remain unknown. We hypothesized that …

Acute lung injury (ALI) is one of the most important complications after cardiopulmonary
bypass (CPB) and the complex pathophysiology remains to be resolved incomplete. SDF …

Introduction: In the present study, we investigated risk factors for intensive care unit (ICU)
readmission after fasttrack cardiac surgery and analyzed outcome data according to the type …