AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EXTRACORPOREAL TECHNOLOGY

The National Society of Perfusionists

 

Educational Opportunities
The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology

Volume 41, Number 2 - June 2009

FROM THE EDITOR

47 Observation and Participation
Robert C. Groom

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

57 A Human Factors Analysis of Cardiopulmonary Bypass Machines
Douglas Wiegmann, Thomas Suther, James Neal, Sarah Henrickson Parker, Thoralf M. Sundt

64 Australian and New Zealand Perfusion Survey: Management and Procedure
Sigrid C. Tuble, Timothy W. Willcox, Robert A. Baker

73 Trends and Emerging Technologies in Extracorporeal Life Support: Results of the 2006 ECLS Survey
Alicia N. Sievert, Anthony G. Shackelford, Mary M. McCall

79 Anti-Infl ammatory Effect of Aprotinin: A Meta-Analysis
Jeremiah R. Brown, Andrew W.J. Toler, Robert S. Kramer, R. Clive Landis

87 Invited Commentary: Be Prepared to Change Your Mind
Hilary P. Grocott

89 Gravity Separation of Pericardial Fat in Cardiotomy Suction Blood: An In Vitro Model
M. Rhett Kinard II, Anthony G. Shackelford, Joseph J. Sistino

92 Carotid Artery Diameter, Plaque Morphology, and Hematocrit, in Addition to Percentage Stenosis, Predict Reduced Cerebral Perfusion Pressure during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Mathematical Model
Richard Warwick, Priya Sastry, Eustace Fontaine, Michael Poullis

97 Influence of Cardiopulmonary Bypass on the Interaction of Recombinant Factor VIIa with Activated Platelets
Marianne Kjalke, Marx Runge, Rasmus Rojkjaer, Daniel Steinbruchel, Pär I. Johansson

105 Triboelectric Charging and Dissipation Characteristics of the Maquet Quadrox-D Membrane Oxygenator
Melissa S. Alberts, Scott D. Niles, Dennis Wilson, James Ploessl

CASE REPORT

110 Massive Carbon Dioxide Gas Embolism: A Near Catastrophic Situation Averted by Use of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Hasratt Mohamed, Theodore Zombolas, John Schultz, Mike Krzyzewski, Randy Metcalf, Brian Yuskevich, Edo Ginsburg

HOW TO DO IT

114 Treatment of Malperfusion during Surgery for Type A Aortic Dissection
Salvatore Lentini, Marcello Savasta, Francesco Ciuffreda, Marco La Monaca, Roberto Gaeta

DEPARTMENTS

41 Instructions for Authors

45 Calendar of Events