Poll Archive October 2024 At your institution, if you have academic or nonclinical time, how is it funded? A. Pay/Salary differential B. Departmental or hospital supported C. ACGME D. Federal grants E. Foundation grant F. Industry grant Vote View Results Total Answers 74 Total Votes 74 November 2024 At your institution, who provides the anesthetic care of a Fontan patient with optimal Fontan hemodynamics who is undergoing non-cardiac surgery? A. A pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist B. A general pediatric anesthesiologist C. Either a general pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist or a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist Vote View Results Total Answers 165 Total Votes 165 December 2024 In your institution, how often are femoral arterial lines placed in NICU patients weighing less than 2kg? A. Never B. Always C. Somtimes Vote View Results Total Answers 150 Total Votes 150 January 2025 At your institution, is it standard of practice to exchange a tracheostomy tube for either an oral or nasal endotracheal tube for surgical procedures approached through sternotomy incision? A. Yes B. No C. Somtimes Vote View Results Total Answers 145 Total Votes 145 February 2025 In your institution, what is the primary surgical strategy used after birth for neonates with HLHS with a severely hypoplastic left ventricle, weighing at least 3.5 kg, and no other significant comorbidities? A. Hybrid procedure B. Stage 1 Norwood procedure C. Cardiac transplantation D. Other Vote View Results Total Answers 143 Total Votes 143 March 2025 At your institution, is it standard practice to administer an anticoagulant for central line thrombosis prophylaxis? A. Yes B. No C. Somtimes Vote View Results Total Answers 124 Total Votes 124 April 2025 At your institution, do you transport premature infants on high-frequency ventilation to the cardiac catheterization lab for PDA closure? A. Yes B. No C. Sometimes Vote View Results Total Answers 137 Total Votes 137 May 2025 At your institution, do you routinely send a TEG/ROTEM during the rewarming phase of cardiopulmonary bypass? A. Yes B. No C. Sometimes Vote View Results Total Answers 191 Total Votes 191 June 2025 At your institution, do patients presenting for elective cardiac surgery who are found to be anemic on routine testing undergo formal preoperative anemia testing and treatment? A. Yes B. Yes, but only for patients with specific indications (e.g. Jehovah's witnesses, renal disease) C. No Vote View Results Total Answers 104 Total Votes 104 Date: 05/01/2014 - 05/31/2014 Poll Results: What hemostatic agent is used for “rescue therapy”, defined as situations in which patients continue to bleed excessively following cardiopulmonary bypass despite having received maximal standard hemostatic therapy? A) Recombinant factor VIIa - ( 210 votes ) B) 3-Factor prothrombin complex concentrates (e.g. Profilnine SD, Bebulin) - ( 9 votes ) C) 4-Factor prothrombin complex concentrates (e.g. Beriplex, Kcentra) - ( 22 votes ) D) None of the above - ( 5 votes ) « Previous 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 12 Next »