Population
57 cardiac surgery centers in France performing 34,496 cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedures in 2005.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Rare CPB incidents warrant continued vigilance; cross-sectional data leaves open whether safety device gaps drive rates or generalize.
There is a significant gap between recommended and actual use of CPB safety devices in France, and improved use could potentially avoid the majority of severe CPB-related injuries and deaths.
Charrière et al. (2007) studied this question.
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