Does single-lung ventilation time increase lung injury after totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass surgery?
Preoperative respiratory status showed no major influence on postoperative respiratory outcome in selected patients. Longer operative, CPB, and aortic crossclamping times led to reversible lung injury after TECAB. Prolonged SLV times, however, did not increase the postoperative time to extubation or the length of ICU stay in TECAB patients.
EM residents at our institution learned the technique for obtaining common carotid artery Doppler flow measurements after viewing a brief instructional video. When assessed at performing this examination, they completed several performance measures with greater than 75% success. No differences were found between novice and experienced groups.