Acute renal failure (ARF) in critically ill patients is associated with high mortality. Optimal method and dose of continuous renal replacement therapy could improve survival in these patients. We studied the hypothesis that an increase in dialysis dose obtained by continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) is associated with a better survival than continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (...

BACKGROUND Exertional heatstroke is a life-threatening condition with high mortality because of the rapid progress of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome even if aggressive treatments are initiated rapidly. Mild to moderate hepatic injury is common in exertional heatstroke, while fulminant liver failure is rare. Extrapyramidal symptoms and pulmonary aspergillosis secondary to liver failure indu...

BACKGROUND Although the indications for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have been extended, ECMO has yet to be used as a respiratory support system during thoracic surgery. The purpose of this experimental study was to investigate whether veno-right ventricular (veno-RV) ECMO can be used for thoracic surgery without mechanical ventilation. METHODS Acute experimental study: Veno-RV ...

—This paper examines the impact of RED on two versions of TCP – traditional TCP Reno and a newly proposed variant, TCP Veno over 802.11b WLAN. TCP Reno was originally designed for wired networks where packet losses are primarily due to network congestion. This assumption is not always true in wireless networks, in which packet losses can be due to transmission errors on the noisy wireless link....

Methods Patients with a clinical indication for linezolid and prescribed either CVVHF or CVVHDF were eligible for participation in this prospective pharmacokinetic study. Patients were administered 600 mg IV 12-hourly. Seven blood samples were collected over one dosing interval and analysed by a validated chromatographic method. Population pharmacokinetic analysis was undertaken using Pmetrics ...

During continuous veno-venous hemodialysis with regional citrate anticoagulation, ionized calcium (iCa) measurements in pre- and post-filter samples are used to adjust flows. Post-filter iCa target concentrations within a low range (0.25–0.34 mmol/L), blood gas analyzers (BGAs) mainly calibrated for physiological values (1.12–1.20 mmol/L). Bias between BGAs these low-value leads errors adjustin...

In wired-cum-wireless networks, one of the main design challenges for TCP is to accurately distinguish congestion losses from random losses caused due to channel noise and interference. TCP Veno has been widely deployed in wireless networks to address this challenge. TCP Veno has been demonstrated to show better performance than TCP Reno in wired-cum-wireless environments. However, TCP Veno doe...

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) through the femoral vein and artery may cause differential hypoxia, i.e., lower PaO2 in the upper body than in the lower body, because of normal cardiac output with severe impairment of pulmonary function. Hereby, we report the diagnosis and the treatment of differential hypoxia caused by veno-arterial ECMO. A 39-year-old man received car...