An original study was conducted and risk factors predisposing to the development of acute renal dysfunction (ARD) were identified, frequency consequences ARD after revascularization operations on lower extremities established, data from scientific articles this topic studied summarized. The aim investigate circumstances in patients who underwent due peripheral arterial disease. Material methods...

BACKGROUND Endotracheal intubation (ETI) is commonly performed as a life-saving procedure in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is often associated with significant hemodynamic perturbations and can severely impact the outcome of ICU patients. Etomidate is often chosen by many critical care providers for the patients who are hypotensive because of its superior hemodynamic profile compared to oth...

Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are catecholamine-producing neoplasms that can cause life-threatening hemodynamic instability, particularly intraoperatively, when the tumor is manipulated. Preoperative medical management reduces both preoperative morbidity and mortality. The current review discusses the latest literature on preoperative management. Preoperative strategies include a nonsele...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Isoflurane is considered a safe inhalational anesthetic. It has a low level of biotransformation, and low hepatic and renal toxicity. In clinical concentrations, it has minimal negative inotropic effect, causes a small reduction in systemic vascular resistance, and, rarely, can cause cardiac arrhythmias. The objective of this report was to present a case of severe hemo...

We herein report three patients with cardiac angiosarcoma who were directly admitted to the intensive-care unit for hemodynamic instability circulatory collapse. Using a multidisciplinary cardio-oncologic approach, we diagnosed their condition as by an invasive biopsy and urgently started weekly paclitaxel administration despite poor performance status. Their vital signs soon stabilized, leadin...

Acidosis is one of the major consequences of hemodynamic instability in shock state patients directly associated with multiple organ failure evolution and death. Most studies on the hemodynamic consequences of acidosis have been experimental, nonhuman studies with severe acidosis, and thus far from the most common clinical situations. Schotola and colleagues offer a new approach to human failin...

In the previous issue of Critical Care, Takala and colleagues presented the results of a multicenter study to investigate whether the early presence of less invasive hemodynamic monitoring improves outcome in patients admitted with hemodynamic instability to the intensive care unit. The authors' results suggest that it makes no difference. We discuss these findings and compare them to the liter...

Only one study has examined the clinical issues presented by critically ill obstetric patients with respect to medical indications for intensive care unit (ICU) admission and fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality. Therefore, a review of all obstetric patients admitted to a medical-surgical ICU in a large tertiary referral center over a five-year period was conducted. Obstetric, ICU-related...