introduction: post cardiac surgery hemorrhagic syndromes, potentialized by implementing   cardiopulmonary bypass, leads to increased hazards of blood products transfusion and          pertains serious impacts on immediate patients outcome. the objective of this clinical trial was to investigate the efficiency of exogenous fibrinogen to control hemorrhagic syndromes following cardiac surgery in ...

background: acute fulminant fungal sinusitis is a rapidly progressive disease with high mortality (50-80%) and occurring with increasing frequency in patients with acute leukemia. the purpose of the present study was early diagnosis of this le­thal infection. methods: in a cross-sectional study, 142 patients with hematological malignancies were studied immediately by initiation of chemotherapy ...

Introduction: Insome cases, assist devices are required to ensure an adequate cardiac output after cardiac surgery. Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is the most commonly used cardiac assist device, which provides first-line support for patients with heart failure. The aim of this study was to determine factors affecting the mortality rate of patients receiving IABP. Materials & Methods:  In thi...

Intruduction: Esophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital anomaly treated by surgical reconstruction. Some early postoperative complications may be encountered we assessed complications following EA repair in a large number of neonates with EA / TEF. methods: 243 patients with EA / TEF that were treated operatively in Sarvar Children’s Hospital from 2002 to 2010 were studied. Early post-operat...

  Abstract   Objective: To evaluate the surgical treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous   connection (TAPVC) and determination of predictors for postoperative death.   Methods: Between 1995 and 2005, 80 patients aged from 1 month to 12 years underwent surgical repair for supracardiac (39), cardiac (34), infracardiac (3) or mixed (4) type of TAPVC. Systemic pulmonary hypertension (PH) in ...

the government of the united republic of tanzania has initiated the integrated management of childhood illness program to improve the health and wellbeing of children.tanzania's under-five mortality rate is still 1.7 times higher than the world average and, in order to achieve its millennium development goal 4 target, its annual reduction rate is quite low at 2.2. the main aim of the study is t...

Objective: OFFPump CABG surgery (opcab) is performing worldwide and the rate of coronary revascularization without CPB (cardiopulmonary Bypass) is growing significantly. The aim of this study is to evaluate the risk factors for early mortality after OPCABG. Methods: From April 2009 to April 2011, data were collected from a total of 920 patients who underwent OFFPump CABG. Variables that were re...

background: the prevalence of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction (lvd) referred for coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) is increasing. preoperative lvd is an established risk factor for early and late mortality after revascularization. the aim of the present study was to assess the early outcome of patients with severe lvd undergoing cabg. methods: between december 2012 and no...