OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to compare the immediate results of patients undergoing on-pump versus off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS From January 2007 to January 2009, 177 patients underwent CABG, being 92 off-pump and 85 on-pump. We evaluated the demographics, preoperative risk factors, preoperative functional class and risk assessment by the EuroSCOR...

introduction: breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women. one complication after mastectomy following breast cancer is ipsilateral upper extremity lymphedema. this study aims to compare the effect of complex decongestive physical (cdp) therapy with a combination of intermittent pneumatic compression pump and cdp therapy on secondary upper extremity lymphedema volume and quality...

conclusions adeabc efflux system plays a vital role in multidrug resistance in clinical a. baumannii isolates. it was noted that the most important gene responsible for multidrug resistance within this system was the adeb gene especially in carbapenems resistance. methods this study was conducted on 84 multidrug resistant and 13 carbapenem-susceptible a. baumannii isolates obtained from burn an...

BACKGROUND The outcomes of on-pump and hybrid-pump bypass surgery in patients with depressed left ventricular function (EF<30%) were analyzed. METHODS 109 patients with preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction of <30% and bypassable circumflex coronary disease were randomized in a double blind fashion to undergo hybrid-pump (combination of off-pump and on-pump) procedure (54 patients),...

BACKGROUND Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for hemodialysis patients is high risk compared with other patient groups. The aim of this study was to analyze the potential benefits of off-pump CABG for hemodialysis patients. METHODS From April 1994 through December 2000, 26 hemodialysis patients underwent CABG. The off-pump group consisted of 15 patients operated on without a pump and the...

OBJECTIVE Assess the impact of infusion pump technologies (traditional pump vs smart pump vs smart pump with barcode) on nurses' ability to safely administer intravenous medications. DESIGN Experimental study with a repeated measures design. SETTING High-fidelity simulated inpatient unit. RESULTS The nurses remedied 60% of "wrong drug" errors. This rate did not vary as a function of pump ...

INTRODUCTION European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) has been used to predict the postoperative mortality rate for patients undergoing open-heart surgery. The contributions of EuroSCORE in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has not yet clearly elucidated. METHODS Consecutive patients of isolated off-pump CABG performed from 2000 when we start performing ...

with the prolonged use of domestic centrifugal pump, due to erosion, corrosion and an unbalance the sever vibration of the pump are resulted. an erratic sound coming out of pump makes the user uncomfortable. here, tuned vibration absorber (tva) is used as a vibration controlling device. it is designed to reduce the rms velocity below 20% of the circumferential speed, at which the impeller is ba...

introduction: as off pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) is a developing method in coronary cardiac surgery, most surgeons are anxious about the danger of emergency crash conversion. in this observational study we tried to show the rate and outcome of conversion . material and methods: in this descriptive study about 477 coronary off-pump cabg patients were operated in ghaem hos...