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Toward Standardized Guidelines for Distal Perfusion Cannulae in V-A ECMO and ECPELLA: Timing, Sizing, Monitoring, and Management Open

Nabeel Razzaq, Arun Kumar, Mehnaz Farheen, Vivek Kakar, Umer Darr · 2025

Mechanical Circulatory Support for Massive Pulmonary Embolism Open

Salman Abdulaziz, Vivek Kakar, P. Kumar, Ibrahim Fawzy Hassan, Alain Combes , et al. · 2024

Up to 50% of patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) experience hemodynamic instability and approximately 70% of patients who die of PE experience an accelerated cascade of symptoms within the first hours of onset of symptoms, thus necessita…

Circulatory Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for High-Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism Open

Salman Abdulaziz, Vivek Kakar, Huda Alfoudri, Mohammed Shalaby, Mikaela V. Allen , et al. · 2024

High-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), defined as obstruction of the pulmonary arterial tree that leads to hemodynamic instability, is a common cause of cardiac arrest, with a mortality rate of up to 50%. The obstruction of the pulmonary circu…

Management of acute aortic services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study from the Middle East Open

Yosef Manla, Gopal Bhatnagar, Naureen Khan, Firas Al Badarin, Yazan Aljabery , et al. · 2023

Background: COVID-19 created a challenging situation for cardiac surgery and associated acute care programs around the world. While non-urgent cases might be postponed, operating on life-threatening conditions, including type A aortic diss…

Sustaining Life versus Altering Life-Saving Drugs: Insights to Explain the Paradoxical Effect of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation on Drugs Open

Emna Abidi, Wasim S. El Nekidy, Bassam Atallah, Khaled Al Zaman, Praveen Kumar Ghisulal , et al. · 2023

There has been a substantial increase in the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in critically ill adults. Understanding the complex changes that could affect drugs’ pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) is …

Correction : Epidemiology and outcomes of early-onset AKI in COVID-19-related ARDS in comparison with non-COVID-19-related ARDS: insights from two prospective global cohort studies Open

Bairbre McNicholas, Emanuele Rezoagli, Andrew J. Simpkin, Sankalp Khanna, Jacky Y. Suen , et al. · 2023

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified that the collaborating authors part of the collaborating author group CCCC Consortium was missing. The collaborating author group is available and included as Additi…

Peripartum veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with severe CoViD-19-related-ARDS Open

Vivek Kakar, Ihab Ahmed, Walid Ahmed, Nuno Raposo, Praveen Kumar G · 2022

We describe a case series of five pregnant or postpartum women with severe CoViD-19-related ARDS requiring VV ECMO at our centre between Jan 1 and Sep 30, 2021. All patients were cannulated at the referring hospitals by our team before tra…

Early short course of neuromuscular blocking agents in patients with COVID-19 ARDS: a propensity score analysis Open

Gianluigi Li Bassi, Kristen Gibbons, Jacky Y. Suen, Heidi J. Dalton, Nicole White , et al. · 2022

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on type A aortic dissection care Open

Yosef Manla, Gopal Bhatnagar, Yazan Aljabery, Vivek Kakar, Gurjyot Bajwa , et al. · 2022

Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Introduction COVID-19 created a challenging situation for cardiac surgery and associated acute care programs around the world. While non-urgent cases might be postponed, operating on …

Thoracic surgery in United Arab Emirates Open

Rédha Souilamas, Mateen Uzbeck, Yusuf Bayrak, Nacira Guenif, Fadi Hamed , et al. · 2021

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has undergone a significant change in its population and economy in the last decades and in parallel its healthcare system has evolved rapidly to provide advanced, innovative and world-leading care. At the fo…

Long Runs and Higher Incidence of Bleeding Complications in COVID-19 Patients Requiring Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Series from the United Arab Emirates Open

Vivek Kakar, Anita North, Gurjyot Bajwa, Nuno Raposo, Praveen G Kumar · 2021

Kakar V, North A, Bajwa G, Raposo N, Kumar PG. Long Runs and Higher Incidence of Bleeding Complications in COVID-19 Patients Requiring Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Series from the United Arab Emirates. Indian J Cr…

Custodian of Oxygen Monitoring: Is There a Winner? Open

Praveen G Kumar, Vivek Kakar · 2021

How to cite this article: Praveen Kumar G, Kakar V. Custodian of Oxygen Monitoring: Is There a Winner? Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(9):967-968.

Association of Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Team with Outcomes in Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Open

Guirgis Gabra, Iman Hamour, Medhat Soliman, W. El Tahlawy, Yosef Manla , et al. · 2021

P2772International benchmarking of outcomes for an extracorporeal CPR service in the United Kingdom Open

A.F. Warren, Robert Loveridge, Savvas Vlachos, Sameer Patel, Elton Gelandt , et al. · 2017

STEMI, DM, lower eGFR and LVEF, and higher TIMI risk score than patients in the lower tertiles.The primary endpoint rate increased in parallel with A/C glycemic ratio tertiles (5%, 8% and 20%, respectively; P for trend <0.0001).A parallel …

37th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (part 2 of 3) Open

Daniel Rob, R. Špunda, Jaroslav Lindner, Jana Šmalcová, Ondřej Šmíd , et al. · 2017

Fenoldopam to prevent acute kidney injury after major surgery—a systematic review and meta-analysis Open

Michael Gillies, Vivek Kakar, Robert Parker, Patrick M. Honoré, Marlies Ostermann · 2015

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) after surgery is associated with increased mortality and healthcare costs. Fenoldopam is a selective dopamine-1 receptor agonist with renoprotective properties. We conducted a systematic review and meta…

Nowhere else to turn? building a case for equity of access to VV ECMO in the UK for complex multi-system patients Open

Robert Loveridge, Sameer Patel, Vivek Kakar, Christopher Willars, Tom Hurst , et al. · 2015

In the UK, VV ECMO is only commissioned [[1]] for specific patients - the list of perceived contra-indications is long which prevents some patients having access to this rescue technique. Recognising this, the National Peer Review Programm…

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