Browsing by Author "Cossu, Anne E."

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    Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
    (StatPearls, 2020) Kritzmire, Stacy M.; Cossu, Anne E.; Anesthesia, School of Medicine
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    Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
    (StatPearls Publishing, 2021) Kritzmire, Stacy M.; Cossu, Anne E.; Anesthesia, School of Medicine
    Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a type of congenital heart disease that results in the underdevelopment of the left-sided structures of the heart, including the mitral valve, left ventricle, aortic valve, ascending aorta, and aortic arch. HLHS was first described as a syndrome in 1958 by Nadas and NoonanFontanwho referred to it as combined aortic and mitral atresia.[1] HLHS affects 1 in 5,000 neonates or 3% of all infants born with congenital heart disease.[2][3] Thirty years ago, there were no treatment options for these neonates, and mortality was 100% within the first week of life.[4] Neonates born with HLHS are dependent on a patent ductus arteriosus and an interatrial communication for survival until surgical intervention. A continuous infusion of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) is needed to maintain ductal patency. Today, several treatment options are available in the prenatal or neonatal period, including the Norwood procedure, hybrid stage 1, heart transplantation, palliative care, and fetal intervention. A series of three palliative surgical operations (Norwood/Hybrid, Hemi-Fontan/Bidirectional Glenn, and Fontan) are typically necessary for survival beyond the neonatal period and infancy. Though rare, a diagnosis of HLHS is responsible for 23% of all cardiac deaths in the first week of life.[1]
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    Liposomal bupivacaine reduces opioid requirements following Ravitch repair for pectus excavatum
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2023) Abbasi, Rania K.; Cossu, Anne E.; Tanner, Brandon; Castelluccio, Peter; Hamilton, Matthew; Brown, John; Herrmann, Jeremy; Anesthesia, School of Medicine
    Background and aims: The management of post-operative pain after surgical repair of pectus excavatum with the Ravitch procedure is challenging. Although previous studies have compared various methods of pain control in these patients, few have compared different local anesthetics. This retrospective analysis compares the use of bupivacaine to its longer-acting form, liposomal bupivacaine, in patients who had undergone pectus excavatum repair with the Ravitch method. Material and methods: Eleven patients who received local infiltration with liposomal bupivacaine were matched to 11 patients who received local infiltration utilizing bupivacaine with epinephrine. The primary outcome was total morphine milligram equivalents per kilogram body weight (MME/kg) over the complete length of hospital stay. Secondary outcomes included total cumulative diazepam, acetaminophen, ondansetron, and NSAID dose per kilogram body weight (mg/kg) over the course of the hospital stay, chest tube drainage (ml/kg body weight), number of post-operative hours until the first bowel movement, Haller Index, patient request for magnesium hydroxide, average pain scores from post-operative day 1 to post-operative day 5, and length of hospital stay. Continuous variables were reported as medians with inter-quartile ranges, and categorical values were reported as percentages and frequencies. Results: The total MME/kg [1.7 (1.2-2.4) vs 2.9 (2.0-3.9), P = 0.007] and hydromorphone (mg/kg) [0.1 (0.0-0.2) vs 0.3 (0.1-0.4), P = 0.006] use in the liposomal bupivacaine group versus bupivacaine with epinephrine was significantly reduced over total length of hospital stay. Similarly, there was a reduction in diazepam use in the liposomal bupivacaine group versus the bupivacaine group [0.4 (0.1-0.8) vs 0.6 (0.4-0.7), P = 0.249], but this did not reach statistical significance. The total dose of ondansetron (mg/kg) was not statistically different when comparing the liposomal bupivacaine group to the bupivacaine group [0.3 (0.0-0.5) vs 0.3 (0.2-0.6), P = 0.332]. Interestingly, the total dose of acetaminophen (mg/kg) was statistically increased in the liposomal bupivacaine group compared to the bupivacaine with epinephrine group [172 (138-183) vs 74 (55-111), P = 0.007]. Additionally, the total chest tube drainage (ml/kg) was significantly reduced in the liposomal bupivacaine group [9.3 (7.5-10.6) vs 12.8 (11.3-18.5), P = 0.027]. Finally, the percentage of patients without requests for magnesium hydroxide to promote laxation was significantly higher in the liposomal bupivacaine group than in the bupivacaine group (63.6% vs 18.2%, P = 0.027). Conclusion: The use of liposomal bupivacaine for local infiltration in patients who undergo the Ravitch procedure for pectus repair offers advantages over plain bupivacaine, including reduced opioid consumption and opioid-related side effects. However, more data are needed to understand the significance of these findings.
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    Liposomal Bupivacaine Reduces Opioid Requirements Following Ravitch Repair of Pectus Excavatum
    (2021-09-18) Tanner, Brandon M.; Abbasi, Rania K.; Cossu, Anne E.; Castelluccio, Peter F.; Hamilton, Matthew C.; Brown, John W.; Herrmann, Jeremy L.