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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1166
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Correspondence

Hematocrit During Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Michael J.G. Harrison, DM, FRCP, Jan Stygall, MS, Donald C. Whitaker, MB, ChB, FRCS(Ed), Nicholas M. Grundy, BA, Stanton P. Newman, DPhil

Unit of Health Psychology, Centre for Behavioural and Social Sciences in Medicine, UCL, Wolfson Building, 48 Riding House St, London, W1W 7EY United Kingdom

(Email: s.newman@ucl.ac.uk).

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To the Editor:

Karkouti and colleagues [1] have recently reported a positive association between the nadir of operative hematocrit (Hct) during coronary artery bypass surgery (CABS), and the risk of perioperative stroke. A survey of 5,000 consecutive operations by Habib and colleagues [2] found the lowest quintile of Hct was also linked to vital organ dysfunction, morbidity, and 6-year survival.

We sought evidence of whether a low operative Hct was a risk factor for the development of cognitive disturbance in the aftermath of CABS. This analysis was performed . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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