Assessing interest in cardiothoracic surgery at an osteopathic medical school: Results of an institutional surveyCentral MessagePerspective by Andrew D. Vogel, MS, Austin Wynn, MS, Megan C. Richards, MS, Michelle Sindoni, MS, Caleb L. Hamilton, PhD, Juan J. Gallegos, MD, Tyler J. Wallen, DO

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Multidisciplinary paper on patient blood management in cardiothoracic surgery in the UK: perspectives on practice during COVID-19 by Nawwar Al-Attar, Jullien Gaer, Vincenzo Giordano, Emma Harris, Alan Kirk, Mahmoud Loubani, Patrick Meybohm, Rana Sayeed, Ulrich Stock, Jennifer Travers, Becky Whiteman

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Image Analysis System for Early Detection of Cardiothoracic Surgery Wound Alterations Based on Artificial Intelligence Models by Catarina Pereira, Federico Guede-Fernández, Ricardo Vigário, Pedro Coelho, José Fragata, Ana Londral

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Enhancing surgical performance in cardiothoracic surgery with innovations from computer vision and artificial intelligence: a narrative review by Merryn D. Constable, Hubert P. H. Shum, Stephen Clark

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Medical Students’ Attitudes Towards Cardiothoracic Surgery in the United Kingdom: A Cross-Sectional Survey of 1675 Students by Samiullah Dost, Lana Al-Nusair, Mai Shehab, Arwa Hagana, Aleena Hossain, Ahmed Jawad Dost, Aida Abdelwahed

“…Objectives The objectives of this study were the following: (i) assess interest levels in cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) among UK-based medical students, (ii) identify potential motivators and barriers to pursuing CTS training, (iii) explore the influence of gender on interest in CTS in greater depth. …”
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Sex differences in authorship in cardiothoracic surgery during the early coronavirus disease 2019 pandemicCentral MessagePerspective by Lina A. Elfaki, MSc, Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD, Mara B. Antonoff, MD, David T. Cooke, MD, Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, Nikki Stamp, MBBS, FRACS, Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD MS, Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD

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Mycobacterium chimaera infections in cardiothoracic surgery patients exposed to heating and cooling devices despite infection control measures by Jensie Burton, Yosra Alkabab, Susan Dorman, Jeremy D. Moore, Danny Nixon, Cassandra Salgado, Scott Curry

“…Methods: We identified patients with a positive MAIC culture following cardiothoracic surgery from January 2015 to the present at our institution. …”
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Diverse inputs and complementary skillsets lead to the highest quality patient care in cardiothoracic surgery intensive care units by Michael Mazzeffi, MD, MPH, MSc, FASA, S. Veena Satyapriya, MD, Jacob Gutsche, MD

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A single-patient-use ECG system for cardiothoracic surgery admissions in the UK: A cost-consequence analysis by Rhodri Saunders, Marco Caterino, Pranav Somaiya, Pranav Somaiya

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Connection through cardiothoracic surgery subspecialty collaboration: Strategies for Early Faculty Peer Network DevelopmentCentral MessagePerspective by Madonna E. Lee, MD, Gavitt A. Woodard, MD, Roland Assi, MD, MMS

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A primer for students regarding advanced topics in cardiothoracic surgery, part 1: Primer 6 of 7Central Message by John A. Treffalls, BS, Edgar Aranda-Michel, MD, PhD, Omar Toubat, MD, PhD, Niveditha Jagadesh, MD, Jason J. Han, MD, Sophia H. Roberts, MD, Rohun Bhagat, MD, Ashley Y. Choi, MD, David Blitzer, MD, Clauden Louis, MD, MS, Aakash Shah, MD, James I. Fann, MD

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Risk Factors of Hypoxemia During Non-cardiothoracic Surgery for Populations at High Altitude in Tibet: A Prospective Cohort Study by DUAN Hanyu, ZHU Qianmei, Cirendeji, LI Yi, MIAO Xuhan, ZHANG Yuelun, LIU Zijia, Labaciren, SHEN Le, HUANG Yuguang

“…Objective  To investigate the incidence and risk factors of intraoperative hypoxemia in non- cardiothoracic surgery under general anesthesia in high-altitude areas of Tibet, and briefly analyze the impact of intraoperative hypoxemia on the prognosis.  …”
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Establishment of a gradient boosting prediction model for respiratory failure after non-cardiothoracic surgery based on intraoperative indicators by HUANG Jiahao, LI Yujie, LIU Xiang, YANG Zhiyong, SUN Yizhu

“…Objective To develop and validate a machine learning prediction model for postoperative respiratory failure (PRF) in patients after non-cardiothoracic surgery based on intraoperative indicators. …”
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A primer for students regarding advanced topics in cardiothoracic surgery, part 2: Primer 7 of 7Central Message by Edgar Aranda-Michel, MD, PhD, Omar Toubat, PhD, Zach Brennan, BS, Rohun Bhagat, MD, Mary Siki, BS, Sarin Paluri, BS, Matthew Duda, MD, Jason Han, MD, Caroline Komlo, MD, David Blitzer, MD, Clauden Louis, MD, Eric Pruitt, MD, Ibrahim Sultan, MD

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First mobilisation after abdominal and cardiothoracic surgery: when is it actually performed? A national, multicentre, cross-sectional study by Linda Block, Anna Schandl, Monika Fagevik Olsen, Elisabeth Westerdahl, Malin Nygren-Bonnier, Maria Sehlin, Anna Svensson-Raskh

“…This study therefore aimed to reveal current mobilisation routines after abdominal and cardiothoracic surgery and to identify factors associated with mobilisation within 6 hours postoperatively.Design A prospective observational national multicentre study.Setting 18 different hospitals in Sweden.Participants 1492 adult patients undergoing abdominal and cardiothoracic surgery with duration of anaesthesia>2 hours.Primary and secondary outcomes Primary outcome was time to first postoperative mobilisation. …”
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Butyrylcholinesterase activity in patients with postoperative delirium after cardiothoracic surgery or percutaneous valve replacement- an observational interdisciplinary cohort study by Konstantin Schlake, Johannes Teller, Lukas Hinken, Hans Laser, Ralf Lichtinghagen, Andreas Schäfer, Christine Fegbeutel, Karin Weissenborn, Carolin Jung, Hans Worthmann, Maria Magdalena Gabriel

“…Methods A total of 237 patients who received elective cardiothoracic surgery or percutaneous valve replacement at a tertiary care centre were admitted preoperatively. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Drug–Drug and Drug–Dietary Supplement Interactions among Patients Admitted for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Greece by Marios Spanakis, Maria Melissourgaki, George Lazopoulos, Athina E. Patelarou, Evridiki Patelarou

“…Background: Drug interactions represent a major issue in clinical settings, especially for critically ill patients such as those with cardiovascular disease (CVD) who require cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) and receive a high number of different medications. …”
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Commentary: American Association for Thoracic Surgery foundation research grants: An opportunity to shape the future of cardiothoracic surgeryCentral Message by Rosyli F. Reveron-Thornton, MD, MS, Natalie S. Lui, MD, MAS

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Association between delta anion gap and hospital mortality for patients in cardiothoracic surgery recovery unit: a retrospective cohort study by Kai Xie, Chao Zheng, Gao-Ming Wang, Yi-Fei Diao, Chao Luo, Ellen Wang, Li-Wen Hu, Zhi-Jian Ren, Jing Luo, Bin-Hui Ren, Yi Shen

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Intraoperative Hemi-Diaphragm Electrical Stimulation Demonstrates Attenuated Mitochondrial Function without Change in Oxidative Stress in Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients by Robert T. Mankowski, Stephanie E. Wohlgemuth, Guilherme Bresciani, A. Daniel Martin, George Arnaoutakis, Tomas Martin, Eric Jeng, Leonardo Ferreira, Tiago Machuca, Mindaugas Rackauskas, Ashley J. Smuder, Thomas Beaver, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Barbara K. Smith

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