What We Do: Research
The department is in the process of expanding the number and diversity of
clinical research activities. Support services such as statistical analysis,
data management, literature searches, and manuscript formatting are being
developed to encourage collaboration and facilitate clinical investigation
by the faculty and residents. To every extent possible, residents and fellows
are encouraged to work with faculty mentors on all phases of our research
activities. For example our cardiac fellow this year helped design and submit
a protocol for IRB approval and outside funding. We anticipate that the
fellow will be instrumental in carrying out this protocol and reporting
the results. The protocol will compare post-operative pulmonary function
of patients undergoing AVR using the median sternotomy approach with those
having a minimally invasive approach.
Areas of ongoing or pending investigation include:
- Effects of dopamine, mannitol, allopurinal and pulsatile flow on renal
function during and after cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Dual chamber pacing using a novel device attachable to TEE probes
- Comparison of propofol and propofol combined with brevital or pentothal
for outpatient surgery
- Comparison of IV PCA with trans-cutaneous PCA device (E-TRANS)
- Clinical validation and comparison of various new devices for non-invasive
measurement of cardiac output.
- Effects of pH on onset, duration and pain on injection with IV regionalblocks
- Utility and safety of a new EEG monitor as an adjunct to standard
anesthesia care.
- Comparison of post-operative pulmonary function of patients undergoing
AVR using median sternotomy approach with those having a minimally invasive
approach.
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