Background This study aims to develop a methodological framework for the comparative economic evaluation between Minimal Extracorporeal Circulation (MECC) versus conventional Extracorporeal Circulation (CECC) in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in different healthcare systems. In addition, the scope is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness ratio of alternative comparators...

concentration in these patients may result in improved clinical outcomes. In such a context, the publication of Turgut et al. [4] provides some information in the complex process of understanding of the impact of BPA in hemodialysis patients. The authors confirmed that BPA baseline levels in hemodialysis patients are significantly high and BPA is released in significant quantity from BPA contai...

BACKGROUND Critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease often develop hypercapnia and require mechanical ventilation. Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal can manage hypercarbia by removing carbon dioxide directly from the bloodstream. Respiratory hemodialysis uses traditional hemodialysis to remove CO2 from t...

OBJECTIVE To test the capacity of the Logistic CASUS Score on the second postoperative day, the total serum bilirubin dosage on the second postoperative day and the extracorporeal circulation time, as possible predictive factors of long-term stay in Intensive Care Unit after cardiac surgery. METHODS Eight-two patients submitted to cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation were selected....

INTRODUCTION Traditionally, tumor thrombi extending into the right atrium have been managed by open surgery with sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass circulation and hypothermic circulatory arrest, and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. Here, we evaluate the results of cavoatrial thrombectomy using our own, Foley catheter assisted-technique, obviating the need for thor...

Patients who ingest toxic substances may require extracorporeal removal of the poisons or their toxic metabolites if native renal clearance is not sufficient because of acute kidney injury, acuity of symptoms, or burden of toxin. Here, a case is presented, and the literature on renal replacement therapy in the event of acute intoxication is reviewed. Extracorporeal therapy efficacy is examined ...

The cerebral circulation was studied on 40 clinical cases which underwent open heart surgery under extracorporeal circulation by the low flow rate-hypothermic-hemodilution technique, by means of Kr85, opthalmoscope, blood gas and pH, and cerebral metabolism. Cerebral blood flow decreased to 65.2 per cent of the control value after the start of extracorporeal bypass, but recovered by the later p...

OBJECTIVE We have recently shown that a considerable amount of pro-inflammatory cytokines is released during pulmonary passage after aortic declamping in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. The present study was performed to investigate whether bilateral extracorporeal circulation with the lungs as oxygenators can reduce the inflammatory responses of the lungs. METHODS Eighte...

1. Abstract 2. Introduction 2.1. The Normal Liver 2.2. Biochemical evaluation hepatic function 2.2.1. Markers of synthetic function 2.2.2. Markers of excretory function 2.2.3. Markers of hepatocellualr damage 2.3. Liver Failure 2.3.1. Coagulopathy 2.3.2. Hepatic encephalopathy and cerebral edema 2.4. Current treatment for liver failure 3. Non-biologic systems 3.1. Hemodialysis 3.2. High-volume ...

Hemodialysis is the extracorporeal treatment of choice for various life-threatening intoxications, with the exception of highly protein-bound substances, which are preferably removed by charcoal hemoperfusion. This technique, however, is limited by its availability and its significant side effects. We present a potentially lifethreatening diphenhydramine (DPH) overdose in a stuporous female pat...