Università Vita-salute San Raffaele

This study tests whether briefly inflating a blood-pressure cuff on the arm before non-cardiac surgery can reduce heart damage in high-risk patients. Over 1,200 participants will receive either the cuff procedure or no intervention. The goal is to see if this simple, low-cost tec…

This study tests a technique called acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) in 2000 high-risk heart surgery patients. Before the heart-lung machine is used, doctors remove some blood and replace it with fluids. The goal is to see if this reduces the number of patients who need a bl…

This study tests whether a 4-week program of exercise, nutrition advice, and stress management before major gastrointestinal cancer surgery can reduce serious complications within 30 days after the operation. About 400 adult patients scheduled for elective GI cancer surgery will …

This study tests whether a 4-week program of exercise, nutrition advice, and stress management before major chest surgery can improve heart rate variability (a sign of good nervous system health) and shorten hospital stays. One hundred adults scheduled for lung surgery will be ra…