| Editorial |
| Cardiopulmonary bypass - Are pediatric patients safer now? |
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| Undoubtedly, the answer is an emphatic yes. In May, 1953, Dr. John H. Gibbon, Jr. reported the first successful use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) using the Gibbon-IBM heart-lung machine at Jefferson... |
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| Original Article |
| Dexmedetomidine as an adjunct to anesthetic induction to attenuate hemodynamic response to endotracheal intubation in patients undergoing fast-track CABG |
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| During induction of general anesthesia hypertension and tachycardia caused by tracheal intubation may lead to cardiac ischemia and arrhythmias. In this prospective, randomized study, dexmedetomidine h... |
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