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Introduction
General assembly
Articles
Calendar of events

Introduction

We just had our general assembly of 2007 (yesterday).
As usual, we also give an overview of some relevant articles about perfusion.

If you have an interesting event, postgraduate meeting or an interesting article, please contact us.

General assembly 2007

We'd like to present the board and committees for the coming two years:

As you can see, there are still places to be filled. These places will be filled in soon.
The report of the general assembly will be published at the BelSECT-member area soon.

Articles

We have selected some recently published articles for you. The links bring you directly to the publisher's website of the article involved. BelSECT holds no responsibility for the contents of the articles, nor does it wish to favorise any of the author’s or products mentioned.

• A new plasma-adapted hydroxyethylstarch preparation: In vitro coagulation studies using thromboelastography and whole blood aggregometry
  Boldt, Joachim MD, PhD; Wolf, Michael MD; Mengistu, Andinet MD
  Anesthesia & analgesia.Vol. 104(2): 425-430.
• Temperature During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: The Discrepancies Between Monitored Sites
  Nussmeier, Nancy A. MD; Cheng, Weiping MD; Marino, MariaRosa MD; Spata, Tyler BS; Li, Shu MD; Daniels, Gaile; Clark, Trevor AS; Vaughn, William K. PhD
  Anesthesia & analgesia.Vol. 103(6): 1373-1379.
• Indications for Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery
  Gavin J. Murphy, MD, FRCS^_*, Gianni D. Angelini, MD, FRCS
  Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006; 82: 2323-2334.
• Thrombin During Cardiopulmonary Bypass  
  L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, MD^_*, Robert W. Colman, MD
  Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006; 82: 2315-2322.
• Modified and conventional ultrafiltration during pediatric cardiac surgery: Clinical outcomes compared
  Glyn D. Williams MB, Chandra Ramamoorthy MD, Larry Chu MD, MS, Gregory B. Hammer MD, Komal Kamra MB, Madalane G. Boltz MD, Krassimira Pentcheva, James P. McCarthy CCP and Vadiyala M. Reddy MD
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 132(6): 1291-1298.
• Monitoring Brain Oxygen Saturation During Coronary Bypass Surgery: A Randomized, Prospective Study
  Murkin, John M. MD, FRCPC; Adams, Sandra J. RN; Novick, Richard J. MD, FRCSC; Quantz, Mackenzie MD, FRCPS; Bainbridge, Daniel MD, FRCPC*; Iglesias, Ivan MD; Cleland, Andrew RRT; Schaefer, Betsy BSc; Irwin, Beverly RN; Fox, Stephanie RRT
  Anesthesia & analgesia.104(1): 51-58.
• Impact of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia on Outcome in Patients with Ventricular Assist Device Support: Single-Institution Experience in 358 Consecutive Patients
  Andreas Koster, Sabine Huebler, Evgenij Potapov, Oliver Meyer, Michael Jurmann, Yuguo Weng, Miralem Pasic, Thorsten Drews, Hermann Kuppe, Matthias Loebe, and Roland Hetzer
  Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83:72-76.
• When is HIT Really HIT?
  Theodore E. Warkentin and Mark A. Crowther
  Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83:21-23.
• Cell Salvage Alters the Systemic Inflammatory Response After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
  Stephen J. Allen, William T. McBride, Terence J. McMurray, Anne S. Phillips, S. Prasad Penugonda, Gianfranco Campalani, Ian S. Young, and Marilyn A. Armstrong
  Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007; 83:578-585.
• Effect of Flow Rate, Negative Pressure, and Duration of Modified Ultrafiltration on Hemodynamics and Inflammatory Mediators
  

  Wang, Wei; Zhu, De-ming; Huang, Hui-min; Cai, Xiao-man; Xu, Chong; Jlang, Li-min; Shen, Li-song

  ASAIO Journal. 53(1):41-45.
• Minimizing Cardiopulmonary Bypass Attenuates Myocardial Damage After Cardiac Surgery
  Skrabal, Christian A.; Steinhoff, Gustav; Liebold, Andreas
  ASAIO Journal. 53(1):32-35.
• Alternative Anticoagulation Management Strategies for the Patient With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
  Glenn S. Murphy and Jesse H. Marymont
  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol 21(1); 113-126.
• Fluid Management in Cardiac Surgery: Is One Hydroxyethyl Starch Solution Safer Than Another?
  Gary R. Haynes
  Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol 20(6); 916-917.

If you're not able to retrieve the full-text, you can always contact our secretary.

Calendar of events

2nd BelSECT educational evening 2007

• Wednesday 21th March 2007: E40 Carestel in Groot Bijgaarden (richting Gent)
  Check our website for the program

Congresses/symposia

• Symposium valve aortique
  Saturday 28th April 2007- Centres Hospitaliers: Jolimont - Lobbes.

You can find the calender of perfusion related events here.