Year in Review 2020: Noteworthy Literature in Cardiothoracic Critical Care

Samuel Gilliland, Timothy Tran, Sarah Alber, Martin Krause, Nathaen Weitzel*

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Abstract

This year will be forever marked by the drastic changes COVID-19 wrought on our personal and professional lives. New roles and challenges in critical care have forced us to be constantly nimble and flexible in how we approach medicine. The strain of these challenges is apparent throughout the health care community and our society as a whole. Despite this adversity, 2020 will also be remembered for fantastic advances in research. This article is a collection of influential and exciting studies published in 2020 encompassing a broad swath of critical care with a focus on cardiothoracic critical care. Themes include examinations of early extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, the impact of sedation and other risk factors on perioperative mortality, a novel fluid resuscitation strategy following cardiac surgery, and advances in the fields of heart and lung transplantation as well as how they were affected by COVID-19. Given that many cardiothoracic intensivists were redeployed to the care of SARS-CoV-2 patients, we also discuss important advances in therapeutics for the virus.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)128-137
Number of pages10
JournalSeminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume25
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2021

Keywords

  • Covid 19
  • ECMO Resuscitation
  • Heart Transplant
  • Sedation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

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