AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EXTRACORPOREAL TECHNOLOGY

The National Society of Perfusionists

 

Educational Opportunities
The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology

Volume 40, Number 4 - December 2008

FROM THE EDITOR

221 No Ordinary Time
Robert Groom

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

225 Postoperative Surgical Chest and Leg Incision Sites Using Platelet Gel: A Retrospective Study
Susan J. Englert, Thomas H. Estep, Cynthia C. Ellis-Stoll

229 Effects of Modified Ultrafiltration on Coagulation as Measured by the Thromboelastograph
Thomas G. Steffens, Takushi Kohmoto, Niloo Edwards, Richard L. Wolman, David W. Holt

234 Aggressive Zero Balance Ultrafiltration on CPB in Patients with Renal Failure May Cause Cerebral Edema: A Theoretical Analysis
Eustace J. Fontaine, Richard Warwick, Priya Sastry, Michael Poullis

236 Hypertonic Cardiopulmonary Bypass Primes and Endothelial Damage
Michael Poullis, Richard Warwick, Priya Sastry, Eustace Fontaine

241 Use of Recombinant Factor VIIa (NovoSeven) in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Scott D. Niles, Harold M. Burkhart, David A Duffey, Keri Buhrman, Jeffrey Burzynski, David W. Holt

REVIEW ARTICLES

249 Vacuum-assisted Venous Drainage and Gaseous Microemboli in Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Shigang Wang, Akif Ündar

257 Hemolysis in Cardiac Surgery Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Review in Search of a Treatment Algorithm
Leen Vercaemst

TECHNIQUE ARTICLE

268 Use of Multi-modality Life Support System
Nicholas Brindisi, Alfred Stammers, Cody Trowbridge, Myra Klayman, James Pezzuto, Molly Marko

CASE REPORTS

271 Long-term Extracorporeal Circulation Management: The Role of Low- and High-range Heparin ACT Tests
Daniel Herbst, Hani K. Najm, Kumar Neerod Jha

275 Mitral Valve Replacement in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease Using Perioperative Exchange Transfusion
David Chabot, Robin Sutton

ABSTRACTS

A1 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand College of Perfusionists

CLASSIC PAGES

279 Classic Pages of the Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
Jeff Riley

281 Oxygen Consumption Plateauing: A Better Method of Achieving Optimum Perfusion
J.P. Mandl, J.R. Motley

DEPARTMENTS

290 Instructions for Authors

294 Calendar of Events