Cardiac Surgery Re-start and Beyond – Optimizing ICU Resource Utilization and Patient Safety

On Friday, June 12, CTSNet hosted a free one-hour live event that included compelling presentations and interactive discussions on how ERAS-related protocols are even more important in the COVID post-surge era.

Within the context of how ERAS helps mitigate the challenges of ICU resource consumption and improves patient safety, especially in a world that has been drastically changed by COVID, Tom Nguyen of University of Texas—Memorial Hermann, moderated a discussion on how to avoid acute kidney injury and achieve chest tube active clearance, among other important post-surgery strategies. The recording of the live event is now available.

Topics and Panelists

Best Practices in Prevention and Reduction of Kidney Stress and Acute Kidney Injury

Alexander Zarbock              John Kellum

• Strategies for Reducing Cardiac Surgery-Associated AKI
  Alexander Zarbock, MD
  Professor Anesthesiology & Intensive Care Medicine
  University Hospital Münster
  Münster, Germany
• The Impact of AKI on Long-Term Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery Patients
  John Kellum, MD
  Director, Critical Care Nephrology & Vice-Chair Research
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Pennsylvania, USA

Optimizing Management of Retained Pericardial Blood: Strategies for Maintaining Chest Tube Patency

 
Spencer J. Melby             Louis P. Perrault

• Toxicity of Inadequate Pericardial Drainage After Surgery: Implications for Patient Recovery
  Spencer J. Melby, MD
  Program Director and Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital
  Missouri, USA
• Innovation in Pericardial Drainage Management: Enhancing Patient Recovery and ICU Resource Utilization Via ERAS-C Components
  Louis P. Perrault, MD
  Head, Department of Surgery
  Montreal Heart Institute
  Montreal, Canada

ERAS Enhanced Recovery After Surgery - Cardiac: Pointing the Way Forward

Alexander J. Gregory

• The Imperative to Optimize Recovery Following Cardiac Surgery: Now More Than Ever
  Alexander J. Gregory, MD, FRCPC
  Assistant Professor
  Cumming School of Medicine and Libin Cardiovascular Institute,
  University of Calgary
  Calgary, Canada

CTSNet wishes to recognize and thank the following companies for their ongoing support through educational sponsorships: