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Happy New Year!
 The
most common types of cardiac surgery are coronary artery bypass
surgery and valve surgery. While once referred to as 'open-heart
surgery,' recent advances have made this name a thing of the
past. In July of 2004, the United States Food
and Drug Administration approved a robotic like device
that allows a surgeon to perform the procedure using a sternotomy
or a thoracotomy incision while seated at a console with a
video monitor and computer.
It was also once commonplace
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cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) machine so the surgeon could
work on a motionless heart. However, it is now an option for
a surgeon to use an off-pump technique, where the heart is
operated on while it is still in motion; the operative site
is held still using stabilizers.
This technique avoids the complications of platelet dysfunctions
and perfusion deficits associated with the CPB machine.
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A New Look at the Old
The Challenge to Come: The Care of Older Adults
January 18, 2005
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however prevention still remains the best medicine. Read more
about developments in assessment and treatments in The
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When
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increases. Review the pathophysiology and treatment options
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American Journal of Nursing
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Vancomycin Safely.
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