Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
Nonin Medical, Inc
With
Baylor College of Medicine
Age
18–65
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Provide written informed consent from patient or legally authorized representative before surgery
2. Adult patients 18-65 years of age
3. Presenting for elective or urgent total aortic arch repair under moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest (Nasopharyngeal temperature 20 - 24 ºC) with selective antegrade cerebral perfusion -
You may not be if
1. Patients will be excluded from this study if they are age less than 18
2. Are undergoing an emergent procedure
3. Have a history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
4. Have a history of stroke
5. Are undergoing a redo sternotomy during which major bleeding occurs necessitating transfusion of \> 4 units of packed red blood cells prior to the institution of circulatory arrest
6. Patients in whom a left jugular venous bulb cannula cannot successfully be placed
