Efficacy and safety of carbon dioxide insufflation for brain protection for patients undergoing planned left-sided open heart valve surgery: protocol for a multicentre, placebo-controlled, blinded, randomised controlled trial (the CO2 Study)

Introduction Brain injury is common following open heart valve surgery. Carbon dioxide insufflation (CDI) has been proposed to reduce the incidence of brain injury by reducing the number of air microemboli entering the bloodstream in surgery. The CO2 Study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of CD...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Enoch Akowuah, Chris A Rogers, Gianni D Angelini, Lucy Culliford, Maria Pufulete, Rana Sayeed, Surinder Kaur, Ben Gibbison, Pieter Pretorius, Michelle Lazaroo, Natalie Voets, Rachel Todd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/5/e074221.full