Bradford P. Blakeman

TL;DR: Results indicate that "tight control" of intraoperative blood glucose in nondiabetic patients undergoing cardiac surgery was unattainable with the study protocol and may initiate postoperative hypoglycemia.

TL;DR: Methylprednisolone was associated with larger increases in postoperative A-a oxygen gradient and shunt, was unable to prevent postoperative decreases in lung compliance, and prolonged Extubation time, which indicate that use of the drug may hinder early tracheal extubation in patients after cardiac surgery.

TL;DR: Methylprednisolone, as used in this investigation, offers no clinical benefits to patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass and may in fact be detrimental by initiating postoperative hyperglycemia and possibly hindering early postoperative tracheal extubation for undetermined reasons.

TL;DR: The results of this investigation indicate that protective ventilation may also help attenuate the postoperative pulmonary dysfunction commonly seen in patients after exposure to cardiopulmonary bypass.

TL;DR: The etiology of edema associated with pulmonary resection was investigated in five patients during the immediate postoperative period, finding an increase in pulmonary capillary pressure associated with passage of a normal to high cardiac output in a reduced volume pulmonary vascular bed to be significant.