The Year 2020 in Review: Noteworthy Literature for Thoracic Transplant Anesthesiologists.
Benjamin A AdamsBarbara J WilkeyPublished in: Seminars in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia (2021)
The year 2020 was a monumental year in medicine, and this review focuses on selected articles for cardiothoracic anesthesiologists and perioperative physicians involved in the care of heart and lung transplant patients. In the field of lung transplantation, significant strides were made in our knowledge of risk stratification during the preoperative assessment of potential recipients, perioperative transfusion medicine, and the administration of coagulation factor concentrates. In addition, variations in perioperative management and outcomes between institutions were studied across an assortment of metrics regarding lung transplantation, including case volumes and anesthetic practices. Transitioning to topics in the field of heart transplantation, consideration was given to recipients with adult congenital heart disease, and separately, approaches to expanding the donor pool through donation after circulatory death. With regard to preoperative support, outcomes for the total artificial heart as well as the MitraClip as bridges to transplantation were published.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- congenital heart disease
- cardiac surgery
- healthcare
- primary care
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- end stage renal disease
- heart failure
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- systematic review
- chronic kidney disease
- acute kidney injury
- atrial fibrillation
- mitral valve
- kidney transplantation
- prognostic factors
- spinal cord
- type diabetes
- randomized controlled trial
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes
- metabolic syndrome
- stem cells
- cell therapy
- health insurance
- solid state
- patient reported