Niels Rahe-Meyer

TL;DR: Although associated with significantly improved surgical conditions, deep NMB alone was insufficient to promote use of low insufflation pressure during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and did not result in reduced pain, compared with standard pressure.

TL;DR: During acidosis and hypothermia, acidosis should be corrected first; desmopressin can be administered to improve platelet function as a bridge until normothermia can be achieved.

TL;DR: In CABG patients with bleeding after CPB, FIBTEM-guided administration of fibrinogen concentrate resulted in overall decreased transfusion, compared with haemostatic therapy with allogeneics.

TL;DR: Preoperative VWF HMWM defects corrected at the end of CPB in the absence of haemostatic therapy in most patients undergoing AV surgery, suggesting that administration of VWF/FVIII concentrates appears unnecessary in this setting.

TL;DR: It is suggested that MEA and thromboelastometry reflect impairment of coagulation in cardiac surgery performed on different types of HLM and that platelet function is less affected by MECC than by standard HLM.