Frailty is an emerging concept in medicine yet to be adequately explored as a risk factor in cardiac surgery. Frailty is a geriatric syndrome of decreased physiologic reserves and increased vulnerability to stressors. It ...

Approximately 15% of patients require prolonged intensive care unit length of stay (prICULOS) after their cardiac operation. We have learned through our previous BSc Med Project “ensuRing patiEntS thrive after PrOloNgED ...

Cardiac surgery associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) is a potentially lethal complication which occurs in up to 30% of cardiac surgery patients. When the injury is severe enough to necessitate dialysis (which occurs ...