The Effects of Cardiac Bypass on Awareness

There is an increased chance of awareness with bypass and that's one of the first things we think of if they're having a problem with hypertension on bypass. We want to keep everything normal And we will control for example if they become hyperglycemic we will start them on insulin while we're on on bypass I Already talked to you about the hemoglobin levels if we are having too much hemodilutionWe will give blood and sometimes even FFP on bypass to keep our our hemoglobin in the range usually of about seven to ten other things we look at. But because we have that aortic cross clamp on Sometimes if you have a leaky aortic valve or you can have