BIOMARKERS FOR PREDICTING POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY

Volume 35, Number 8 (2025)

Ernesta Pilnikovaitė, Gerda Falkauskaitė, Vilius Venckus, Povilas Jakuška Abstract Postoperative complications (PC) remain a serious con­cern in cardiac surgery, having an impact on patient outcomes and healthcare costs. Traditional risk models (EuroSCORE II, STS) may not predict individual risk with sufficient accuracy, which has led to an increa­sing focus on biomarkers. This literature review reveals…

Effects Of Combined Anesthesia On Kidney Function After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Volume 26, Number 4 (2016)

Agnė Kaunienė, Aistė Urbonaitė, Tadas Lenkutis, Edmundas Širvinskas, Milda Švagždienė Abstract The aim of the study was to find out the effect of general anesthesia combined with high thoracic epidural (HEA) and only general anesthesia (GA) on renal function after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS) with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Material and methods. The study…