Poll Archive Date: 05/01/2018 - 05/31/2018 Poll Results: In patients with congenital heart disease scheduled for noncardiac surgery, do you hold the dose of diuretic medications the morning of surgery? A. Always - ( 73 votes ) B. Sometimes - ( 151 votes ) C. Never - ( 66 votes ) Date: 06/01/2018 - 06/30/2018 Poll Results: In neonates with congenital heart disease scheduled for cardiac repair, in your current practice do you perform nasal intubations as long as there is not an immediate contraindication? A. Always - ( 70 votes ) B. Sometimes - ( 52 votes ) C. Never - ( 134 votes ) Date: 07/01/2018 - 07/31/2018 Poll Results: At your institution, delayed chest closure is performed: A. In the operating room - ( 68 votes ) B. At the bedside in the ICU and managed by the intensivist - ( 76 votes ) C. At the bedside in the ICU and managed by the anesthesiologist - ( 123 votes ) Date: 08/01/2018 - 08/31/2018 Poll Results: In neonates undergoing cardiac surgery, do you use an ICU-type ventilator in the operating room? A. Never - ( 52 votes ) B. Always - ( 10 votes ) C. Only if the neonate is inadequately ventilating on the anesthesia machine ventilator - ( 154 votes ) Date: 09/01/2018 - 09/30/2018 Poll Results: After coming off cardiopulmonary bypass, the TEE probe is: A) Routinely removed when the cardiologist is done with the exam - ( 80 votes ) B) Routinely kept in place until chest closure - ( 93 votes ) C) Kept in place only in specific concerning cases - ( 64 votes ) Date: 10/01/2018 - 10/31/2018 Poll Results: For an 8yo with a normal airway and an uneventful intraoperative course undergoing a cardiac catheterization procedure, would you extubate the patient under a deep plane of anesthesia in an effort to avoid bleeding at catheter insertion sites? A. Always - ( 124 votes ) B. Never - ( 41 votes ) C. Sometimes - ( 98 votes ) Date: 11/01/2018 - 11/30/2018 Poll Results: After you fail at placing a radial arterial line, you attempt placing a catheter in: A. The ulnar artery on the opposite side - ( 7 votes ) B. The ulnar artery on the same side if there is a documented radial pulse on ultrasound - ( 40 votes ) C. The radial artery on the opposite side - ( 239 votes ) Date: 12/01/2018 - 12/31/2018 Poll Results: For pediatric patients with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, which antifibrinolytic medication is used at your hospital? A. Aprotinin - ( 3 votes ) B. Tranexamic acid - ( 172 votes ) C. Aminocaproic Acid - ( 46 votes ) D. No antifibrinolytic medications are used - ( 11 votes ) Date: 01/01/2019 - 01/31/2019 Poll Results: At your institution, external defibrillation (R2) pads are placed on the patient in the following CPB cases: A) all cases - ( 30 votes ) B) redo cases - ( 185 votes ) C) case-by-case basis - ( 23 votes ) Date: 02/01/2019 - 02/28/2020 Poll Results: In your current practice, for pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass, what type of access do you use to administer protamine? A. Peripheral IV - ( 91 votes ) B. Central Line - ( 77 votes ) « Previous 1 … 8 9 10 11 12 Next »