Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period

1. The Risks and Benefits of the Consensus Process
Rinaldo Bellomo

2. The Process of Consensus Building
Massimiliano Greco, Pier Carlo Bergonzi, Luca Cabrini

3. Noninvasive Ventilation and Perioperative Mortality
Paolo Feltracco, Daniela Pasero, Laura Ruggeri

4. Role of Inhalational Anesthetic Agents in Reducing Perioperative Mortality
Murali Chakravarthy, Laura Ruggeri

5. Can Neuraxial Anesthesia Reduce Perioperative Mortality?
Caetano Nigro Neto, Alexandre Slullitel, John G. Augoustides

6. Role of Hemodynamic Optimization in Reducing Perioperative Mortality
Agostino Roasio, Piero Mussa

7. Levosimendan
Massimiliano Greco, Gianluca Paternoster, Daniela Mamo

8. Perioperative β-Blocker Therapy
Hesham R. Omar, Devanand Mangar, Enrico M. Camporesi

9. Leukocyte Depletion of Transfused Blood May Reduce Mortality in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Antonella Capasso, Federico Masserini, Antonio Pisano

10. Reducing Perioperative Mortality with the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
Emily MacKay, Aris Sophocles, George Silvay, John G. T. Augoustides

11. Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract
Luciano Silvestri, Hendrick K. F. Saene

12. Role of Insulin in Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period
Łukasz J. Krzych, Maciej T. Wybraniec

13. Aprotinin: Pharmacological Benefits and Safety
Andrea Székely, Daniel Lex, Béla Merkely

14. Liberal Transfusion Strategy in the Perioperative Period
Evgeny Fominskiy, Carmine D. Votta, Vladimir V. Lomivorotov

15. Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period: Remote Ischemic Preconditioning
Dana Y. Fuhrman, John A. Kellum

16. Statins and Perioperative Mortality
Hynek Riha, Tomas Drabek

17. Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Giovanni Borghi, Roberta Maj, Laura Ruggeri

18. Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period: A Continuous Update
Marta Mucchetti, Giovanni Landoni

19. Randomized Evidence of Mortality Reduction Not Confirmed in Most Recent Works: A Methodological Problem
Laura Ruggeri, Martina Baiardo Redaelli

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Anesthesiology, Surgery, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine