Marijana Matejic-Spasic, Sandra Lindstedt, Guillaume Lebreton, Omer Dzemali, Piotr Suwalski, Thierry Folliguet, Stephan Geidel, Robert J M Klautz, Christophe Baufreton, Ugolino Livi, Serdar Gunaydin, Efthymios N Deliargyris, Daniel Wendt, Matthias Thielmann
BACKGROUND: Extracorporeal blood purification has been widely used in intensive care medicine, nephrology, toxicology, and other fields. During the last decade, with the emergence of new adsorptive blood purification devices, hemoadsorption has been increasingly applied during CPB in cardiac surgery, for patients at different inflammatory risks, or for postoperative complications. Clinical evidence so far has not provided definite answers concerning this adjunctive treatment. The current systematic review aimed to critically assess the role of perioperative hemoadsorption in cardiac surgery, by summarizing the current knowledge in this clinical setting...
May 18, 2024: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders