... of either warfarin, enoxaparin, or combination enoxaparin and warfarin therapy Most patients were discharged to home or to a rehabilitation facility on the 3rd or 4th postoperative day Indication ... ligament avulsions [18] In our series, there was a low overall rate of wound complications and infections, and there was no increase in this type of morbidity in patients undergoing the simultaneous ... postoperative clinical pathways were utilized throughout the time period of this study Continuous passive motion was initiated inthe post-anesthesia care unit and used throughout thepatient' s hospital...
... at the anticipated crossing point of the nerve and the artery His right RLN was found not to follow the usual course of the nerve inthe tracheaesophageal groove The dissection was advanced in ... anatomic finding Association of two anatomic variations has occurred inthe same nerve, presenting the variation of the variation” Consent Written informed consent was obtained from thepatient ... of the ILN in one patient is an extremely rare coincidence The prevalence of non-recurrent nerve has been reported below 1% [5-7] and increases the risk of ILN injury The laryngeal entry point...
... deactivates their inflammatory and antigen-presenting pathways In summary, the greater the inflammation and injury, the greater the counter-regulation Measurement of immune responsiveness During the ... preventing excessive inflammatory reactions in intensive care unit patients If the response is transient, then the beneficial effect dominates However, extensive systemic inflammation (e.g following ... cytokine profiling (differentiation of type 1/2 cytokine patterns by intracellular cytokine staining and flow cytometric analysis) have been developed Using standard operation procedures, interassay...
... studied filling pressure in this type of population, other researchers have reported hemodynamic findings in line with our findings in SAH patients by using a pulmonary artery catheter placed ... less than in 30 patients (97%) on day 1, in 29 patients (94%) on day 2, and in all patients on day Of the 23 patients recorded, E/FPV was less than 1.5 in 21 patients (87%) In all patients, DT ... all patients Creatinine clearance was computed from creatinine excretion in a 24-hour urine collection and a single measurement of serum creatinine on day Aneurysm location was noted, and the...
... utilizing their individual expertise This book outlines the principles of dealing with such patients including the preferences of techniques and the hardware available The text is divided into ... Acquisitions: Gina Almond Development: Beckie Brand Set in 10/13 Palatino by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Printed and bound in Singapore by COS Printers Pte Ltd For further information ... trunk into the superior vena cava Right: A left azygous (hemiazygous) vein drains blood from the lower trunk into a left superior vena cava and from there into the right atrium via the coronary sinus...
... occasion, the cephalic vein may break during lead insertion If the two leads cause a very tight fit inthe vein, it may, as a consequence, invaginate the vein into the subclavian vein The torn ... sewing inthe valve, the lead can be positioned on the endocardial surface of the ventricle, using the approach just described via the atrium The sewing ring of the valve will then cover the ... vein retained guide wire technique Left: Two leads are passed along an intact cephalic vein Right: The cephalic vein is torn with pushing of the second lead into the subclavian vein The vein...
... but rather proceed retrograde towards the arm inthe axillary vein or up into the neck inthe internal jugular vein (Figure 7.4) Although this can usually be prevented by not peeling the introducer ... annuloplasty ring to the apex of the right ventricle The other lead (white arrow) lies inthe body of the right atrium The operation of the Locator® produces only a small change inthe distal curvature ... (SelectSite® , Medtronic Inc.) At the distal end, four views of the catheter are shown demonstrating the range through which the catheter can be steered Inthe center is the thin 4.1F lumenless fixed...
... outside the vein inthe pacemaker pocket has also been suggested The lead is secured to the tissues via the lead collar, using slowly absorbable suture material The lead can then be drawn into the intravascular ... vena cava will result in marked difficulties in trying to achieve left ventricular pacing The incidence of this abnormality draining into the coronary sinus is about 3–5% of patients with structurally ... biventricular pacing An enlarged thebesian valve within the coronary sinus may obstruct the ostium making lead positioning difficult or impossible 39 40 Chapter 11 In patients with D-transposition of the great...
... ventricular lead passing inferior without a bend as if into the floor of the right atrium and fits nicely with the accompanying schematic Depending on its position inthe ventricle, the lead tip may ... permanent pacemaker implantation in a pregnant patient shrouded in lead from the diaphragm down Following physiologic pacing, in an otherwise normal female, there is no contraindication to pregnancy [123] ... leads requiring a thoracotomy is not indicated • Inthe adult, provided thepatient is in sinus rhythm, reestablishment of atrioventricular synchrony is essential • In some centers, a single pass...
... show the ventricular lead emerging from the coronary sinus looping inthe right atrium and then passing to the floor of the right ventricle The atrial lead (At) lies against the lateral wall of the ... to show the ventricular lead emerging from the coronary sinus, looping inthe large right atrium and passing through the tricuspid valve to the floor of the right ventricle (white arrow) The atrial ... paradoxical embolism The decision would depend on the size of the shunt, age of the patient, previous emboli and the experience of the institution in closing such shunts The advent of transvenous...
... vein, then there will be a leftward axis similar to pacing from thecardiac apex (Figure 19.6) In this position, the lateral chest x-ray helps confirm thecardiac venous pacing by demonstrating the ... pacing with a right bundle branch block appearance and the axis will depend on where the lead lies For instance, if the lead lies low inthe heart such as inthe middle or lateral cardiac vein, ... (RAO) showing dual chamber pacing in a patient with Ebstein’s anomaly The passive-fixation atrial lead lies inthe atrial appendage The passive-fixation right ventricular lead lies inthe atrialized...
... at the time of the original surgery As described earlier, the lead can be positioned inthe ventricle, via the atrium and the sewing ring of the prosthetic tricuspid valve will then cover the ... operatively the coronary sinus may not drain directly into the right atrium The surgeon, in order to protect the conducting system may position the prosthetic tricuspid valve, so that the coronary sinus ... if there is evidence of sick sinus syndrome or atrioventricular block which may progress inthe future Another situation in Ebstein’s anomaly that may require cardiac pacing inthe future is the...
... Prejean CA Pacing inthe middle cardiac vein in a patient with tricuspid prosthesis PACE 2002; 25: 243–244 73 Bos HS, Pop GAM, Stel EA et al Dual site coronary sinus pacing in a patient with an ... pacing There is both sensing and pacing inthe atrium Ventricular pacing demonstrates a right bundle branch block configuration and a left axis deviation suggesting left ventricular pacing from the ... portion of the single ventricle The two epimyocardial leads are on top of each other inthe PA view which has been highlighted with a box Inthe L Lat view, a black arrow points to the two epimyocardial...
... tract, 103 innominate vein, internal jugular approach, limitation, interrupted inferior vena cava, 41 intra-atrial baffle, 40, 89, 91 repair, 41 introducers, funnel introducer, 6, second introducer, ... LK et al Permanent pacing in patients with univentricular heart (Abstract) PACE 1994; 17: 806 251 Blackburn MEC, Gibbs JL Ventricular pacing from the coronary sinus in a patient with a Fontan ... al Transvenous ventricular pacing options in Ebstein’s anomaly Indian Heart J 1998; 50: 565–568 201 Andersen C, Oxhøj H, Justensen P Pacing in a patient with Ebstein’s anomaly PACE 1989; 12: 1586–1588...
... result in an increase in post -cardiac arrest patients receiving appropriate therapeutic hypothermia Methods/design The setting Figure Chain of survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest The hospitals ... posted on the website for all hospitals Innovative tools to help translate the guideline to the bedside and increase the use of therapeutic hypothermia in all eligible patients (’cooling kits,’ ... arrest The hospitals in this project include the 33 southern Ontario hospitals already participating inthe University of Toronto regional coordinating centre site of the Dainty et al Implementation...
... QTTherm (l/min) Passing and Bablok regression of cardiac output determined using the metabolic (Fick) method (QTFICK) against cardiac output determined using the thermodilution method (QTTHERM) [29] ... QTTherm (l/min) Comparison of cardiac output determined using the metabolic (Fick) method (QTFICK) and cardiac output determined using the thermodilution method (QTTHERM) according to (a) the Bland ... of the clinical use of thermodilution in measuring cardiac output With particular reference to the Swan–Ganz thermodilution catheters Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1978, 38:383-388 Bilfinger TV, Lin...
... seriously in a prospective randomized trial Competing interests The author(s) declare that they have no competing interests References 334 Wartofsky L, Burman KD: Alterations in thyroid function in patients ... Wyne shunted into rT3, the authors ask whether we should consider treating cardiac patients who have the euthyroid sick syndrome with T3 (and not T4) to facilitate cardiac recovery There is now ... activated NF-κB inthe pathogenesis of euthyroid sick syndrome J Clin Invest 2000, 106:393-402 De Groot LJ: Dangerous dogmas in medicine: the nonthyroidal illness syndrome J Clin Endocrinol Metab...
... elevated in patients with unstable angina but not in those with variant angina caused by vasospasm, indicating that CRP is associated with inflammation inthe coronary artery rather than inthe ischemic ... demonstrating the usefulness of CRP as a cardiac biomarker inthe intensive care setting BNP is also a promising biomarker for use inthe ICU, but its application is confined mainly to screening purposes ... reuptake, increasing the glomerular filtration rate and inhibiting angiotensin action on the proximal tubule [7] BNP also induces vasodilatation, thereby reducing afterload [8] The peptide therefore...
... pre-existing increased insulin resistance and dysfunction of beta cells Insulin resistance is present inthe acutely ill [13,15,18,28] in different intensity, but the factors determining the extent ... body mass indexes During the five years of follow-up, 102 (15.2%) patients inthe normoglycaemia group and 66 (18.3%) patients inthe hyperglycaemia group died There were 154 patients inthe normoglycaemia ... wrote the manuscript AVB and VG participated in patients' inclusion and follow-up IPR was involved inthe analysis of results and writing the manuscript All the authors read and approved the final...
... hrs following the post-dialysis dose There is a case report in which lithium levels were maintained inthe therapeutic range by intraperitoneal administration of lithium during continuous peritoneal ... gabapentin in patients with HCV [55] These findings suggest that valproate can be used for some patients with HCV without adversely affecting ALT levels Obtaining pretreatment baseline ALT levels in ... shunting, thereby decreasing first pass metabolism; decrease in quantities and affinity of plasma proteins, thereby increasing free-drug levels; increase in volume of distribution in patients...