incidence timing and outcome of atrial tachyarrhythmias after cardiac surgery

... [46] and greater risk of long-term mortality [7] Beta blockers [8-12] and amiodarone [13-15] are known to reduce the incidence of postoperative AF after cardiac surgery but the effects of statins ... use of postoperative beta blockers Indeed, >90% of our patients were treated with beta blockers within 24 hours of cardiac surgery Administering beta blockers after surgery reduce AF incidence and ... Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2009, 4:61 Background Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs after 30-40% of cardiac surgeries [1-3] and is associated with increased risk of stroke...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:20

... patients after minor and aseptic surgery, in 59% after cardiac and thoracic surgery, and in 95% of patients after surgery of the intestine Cardiac surgery per se and the use of cardiopulmonary bypass ... signs and symptoms, diagnosis of infection still represents a major challenge in ICU patients after cardiac surgery Early differentiation between SIRS after cardiac surgery and the development of ... regardless of the type of postoperative complication Conclusion The aims of this qualitative review were to describe the evolution of PCT after cardiac surgery and to assess the value of PCT in terms of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... unfavourable outcome three months after out -of- hospital cardiac arrest • The relationship between the GOS and the regional ADC values of the cortex and deep grey nuclei was observed, and cutoffs of ADC ... clinical outcome of comatose survivors after out -of- hospital cardiac arrest • The cortex and basal ganglia were predominantly damaged in the patients, and in particular, the Rolandic, parietal, and ... duration and time between MRI and ROSC in both groups were compared by t-test and severe disability) were grouped as unfavourable outcomes; and the GOS scores of and (moderate disability and good...

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... relevant to EGDT and studied the incidence and outcome of septic patients admitted to hospital through our ED who fulfilled criteria for EGDT Here we report our findings Materials and methods Study ... study of patients presenting to the ED of a teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia with severe sepsis or septic shock and who met clinical criteria for EGDT [1] We measured the incidence of candidacy ... provide further proof of the need to assess more broadly the generalizability of the EGDT approach Finally, the reported advantages of EGDT might not reflect the style of fluid and haemodynamic...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... determination of a particular threshold in each type of cardiac surgery, the accuracy of cTnI was significantly greater in CABG than in valve surgery or combined surgery, and the specificity of cTnI ... postoperative cTnI release was a strong and independent predictor of severe cardiac events and inhospital death after conventional cardiac surgery, whatever the type of surgery A high cTnI level was associated ... outcome following conventional adult cardiac surgery with CPB Despite the determination of a particular threshold of postoperative cTnI release in each type of cardiac surgery, the accuracy of...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... admission (i.e surgical and emergency department), primary site of infection, SAPS II and hospital length of stay Percentage of septic shock patients, SOFA score, ICU length of stay and in-hospital mortality ... two periods, before and after June 2006, in order to assess the impact of 'sepsis team' on patient outcome Students' t-test, chi-squared, Fisher's exact test, and analysis of variance single-factor ... confounders such as age, SOFA and SAPS II scores, the presence of shock, lactate blood concentration (first data after study inclusion) and sepsis team period The goodness of fit was assessed by...

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... morbidity and mortality of tuberculosis is the source of major medical and social problems, especially in developing countries It is ranked as the seventh highest cause of morbidity worldwide, and ... over six years and to examine the characteristics, presentation, underlying risk factors, outcome of patients and to highlight the possible causes of delaying diagnosis Materials and methods Here ... important to develop and utilize novel, more sensitive and specific tests Considering the serious impact of missed or delayed diagnoses and the risk of transmission to health care professionals, clinicians...

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... case of salmonids, direct manipulation of caryogamy or of meiotic and mitotic events allows of different groups, including viable diploid gynogenetics resulting from NO EFSTIE inhibition of second ... groups (HR and HC respectively), that are a control of irradiation efficiency and frequency of spontaneous diploid ova Diploid gynogenetics (GR and GC, with respect to sperm origin), and triploid ... curves comprised between 10 and 90 % of hatched fry Mean time of hatching (TH) was defined as being the time in (°C.d) when 50 % of the fry hatched, and duration of hatching (DH) as the time...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 22:22

... participated in its design and coordination and performed the omental harvesting and surgery in the group of patients needed omental flaps and VY overlooked the progress of the manuscript and advised on ... had CABG and Valves (9.17%) and patients (3.3%) had various procedures Overall, sternal wound infections were diagnosed in 3.34% of the CABG patients, 3.79% of the CABG and Valves and 3% of the ... use and the use of IMA, BIMAs Wound complications occurred in 19% Mortality was 8-10% and Risk factors for death were septicemia, preoperative MI, and the use of IABP One year follow up of our...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... studies: the proportion of diabetic and non-diabetic patients; definitions of “tight” and “normal” glycaemic control during and/ or after surgery; and the method of measuring the outcome measures We ... control during and after cardiac surgery may impart some benefit to patients following cardiac surgery, including a reduction in early mortality and the incidences of post-operative AF and the need ... al.: The effect of tight glycaemic control, during and after cardiac surgery, on patient mortality and morbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011 6:3...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... a mean of 32.17 years and standard deviation of 14.74 The median and the mode were 30.00 and 22.00 years respectively The peak age incidence was 21-30 years There were 119 (79.3%) males and 31 ... patients of all age groups and both genders admitted to the surgical wards of BMC during the study period Unconscious patients without next of kin to consent and give Page of information and those ... of Health Sciences (WBUCHS) and other paramedics and it is located in Mwanza city in the northwestern part of Tanzania It is situated along the shore of Lake Victoria and has a bed capacity of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis FG, MW, YM, AD, MH and RD designed the study FG, MW and YM were ... desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry to detect tryptic glycopeptides, and mass spectra of IgG1 and IgG2 were processed using FlexAnalysis software (Bruker Daltonics, Wormer, The Netherlands) The ... improvement of RA, such as the induction of regulatory T cells, immunomodulatory properties of pregnancy hormones, a shift towards a Th2-associated cytokine profile and immunosuppression as a result of...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:22

... of and grading of the severity of MOF [22] For this study we used SOFA scoring [23] The use of the daily SOFA score has been challenged, because daily evaluation can lead to underestimation of ... admittances because of ACF and of patients who had pulmonary artery catheters were identified from our clinical information management system (Clinisoft; Datex-Ohmeda, Helsinki, Finland) and from patient ... study, and still both groups were treated to the same level of filling pressures Other studies have shown that the amount of fluids and blood infused is a surrogate marker of the severity of illness...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... cells/μl, and no history of ART [27,28] Subsequently, loss of LTNP status was defined by any of the following events: a consistent decline in CD4 T cell counts below 500/μl, commencement of ART, and after ... genetic data JJZ and ADK assisted with analysis of T cell immunity data, and DM and PRG provided commentary on neutralising antibody and viral evolution and helped edit the manuscript AFG and JSS contributed ... frequency of nonprogression in this TAHIV cohort after 20 years of infection [7] Early studies on this cohort of TAHIV patients led to the identification of the Sydney Blood Bank Cohort (SBBC) of long-term...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... recovery of renal function and adversely impact patient survival [30] Several studies over the past decade have evaluated the impact of timing of initiation of CRRT on outcomes of AKI In the first of ... retrospective analyses of timing of CRRT in patients following cardiac surgery [32,33] Demirkiliç and colleagues [32] reported on a series of 61 patients undergoing cardiac surgery at a single center ... p < 0.05) and decreased duration of both mechanical ventilation and ICU length of stay Similarly, Elahi and colleagues [33] identified 64 consecutive patients who underwent cardiac surgery between...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... interpretation of data and to the drafting of the manuscript XM and EV-P contributed equally to this study DO contributed to the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and to the drafting of the ... collection of data, performed analysis and interpretation of data, and drafted the manuscript EV-P conceived the study, performed the collection of data, and contributed to the analysis and interpretation ... (positive end-expiratory pressure of between and cm H2O, pressure support adjusted to obtain an expired tidal volume of to 10 mL/kg of body weight, and a respiratory rate of less than 25 breaths per...

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... Canton of Zurich, Switzerland in 1994 The cohort was a stratified randomized sample representing the 12 counties of the canton, the school grades, and the types of school and formed the basis of ... health of growing young people as well as to the development of mental problems and disorders A broad- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental ... was tested by use of the McNemar Test Comparisons between risk groups and controls were based on univariate and multivariate analyses of covariance (ANCOVA and MANCOVA) with sex and age as the controlled...

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... http://ccforum.com/content/14/1/R3 Page of 10 Flow cytometric analysis of phenotypes of Tregs Figure Flow cytometric analysis of phenotypes of Tregs Increased expressions of CTLA-4 and FOXP3 on the surface of regulatory ... capacity of Tregs to produce IL-10 and TGF-β1, which are two of the markers of function of Tregs, was analyzed in Isolation of CD4+CD25+ Tregs from the peripheral blood lymphocytes Figure Isolation of ... can contribute to the development of sepsis and outcome of the patients The studies presented here described that the expressions of activation markers of Tregs and cytokines produced by Tregs...

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