Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. In fact, CVD is
responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide and half of all deaths of women over …

Background: The use of blood conservation techniques is important in cardiac surgery as
postoperative bleeding is common and allogeneic blood transfusion carries the risk of …

Background— Many small, randomized, controlled trials have evaluated the effectiveness of
blood as compared with crystalloid cardioplegia for myocardial protection during cardiac …

The assessment and management of acute pain is an essential part of care received in the
emergency department (ED). This study was undertaken to measure how ED caregivers …

Background— There are few comparative data regarding long-term nonfatal outcomes for
women versus men after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study compares gender …

Intravenous polyspecific immunoglobulin G (IVIG) has been reported to be efficacious as
adjunctive therapy in patients with toxic shock syndrome caused by group A streptococci (GAS). …

Background. The demographics of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
have changed over time and may contribute to differing operative mortality and the …

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction has adverse effects on long-term outcome in patients with
repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). We employed serial radionuclide angiography (RNA) to …

OBJECTIVE: This study explores the relative early and late mortality risks in women and
men after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort …

Background— The goal of this study was to determine the relationship between all-cause,
risk-adjusted, in-hospital mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and the …