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Pulmonary embolectomy in a patient with recent renal homotransplantation [PDF]

, 1964
A successful case of pulmonary embolectomy is described. Diagnosis was made when the patient developed cardiac arrest in the hospital ward. The embolus was removed with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Hermann, G, Marchioro, TL, Starzl, TE, Waddell, WR   +3 more
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Challenges to Infant Health Care in the Social Media Era: Misinformation and Medicalisation

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cry‐fuss problems, breastfeeding difficulties and sleep issues commonly prompt parents to seek help for their infants. Many families turn to social media, where they encounter diverse service providers, conflicting advice and health misinformation.
Lotta Immeli, Pamela Douglas, Kaija‐Leena Kolho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Open-chest cardiac massage [PDF]

, 2013
Open-chest cardiac massage is an emergency procedure for managing a heart that is not beating or beating ineffectively(cardiac arrest). It is done in conjunction with the administration of drugs directly into the heart or vein and the use of direct ...
Akinjolire, O.J., Mohanad, J.H.
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Cardiac arrest attributable to dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury

Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2017
Bradycardia is the most common form of dysrhythmia developing after disruption of the sympathetic pathway by a spinal cord injury (SCI), and it can have fatal consequences, including cardiac arrest.
Sei Won Kim, Chan Joo Park, Kyungil Kim, Yoon-Chung Kim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tui Na Acupressure Modulates Treg Immunosuppression via FoxP3/mTORC1 Signalling in ALS Mice

Immunology, EarlyView.
The proposed mechanism by which Tui Na acupressure improves motor and cognitive dysfunction in ALS mice by activating the FoxP3/mTORC1 pathway. ABSTRACT Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease driven by neuroinflammation, where regulatory T cell (Treg) dysfunction exacerbates immune imbalance.
Jie Han, Xi Xu, Yan Zhao, Yao Xiao, Fei Huang, Jing Zhou, Hai Huang, Guiqian Wang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abdominal only CPR during cardiac arrest for a patient with an LVAD during resternotomy: A case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2011
We present a case in which a patient with a previous sternotomy and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation developed cardiac arrest during resternotomy for LVAD exchange.
Sun Benjamin C, Hamlin Robert, Heard Jarrett, Rottenberg Eric M, Awad Hamdy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Hand Massage on Pain in Critically Ill Patients After Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol

JMIR Research Protocols, 2016
Background Postoperative pain is common in the intensive care unit despite the administration of analgesia. Some trials suggest that massage can be effective at reducing postoperative pain in acute care units; however, its effects on pain relief in the ...
M. Boitor, G. Martorella, A. Laizner, Christine Maheu, Céline Gélinas   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Giants in the cold: Morphological evidence for vascular heat retention in the viscera but not the skeletal muscle of the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Fewer than 50 of the over 30,000 extant species of fishes have developed anatomical specializations facilitating endothermy in specific body regions. The plankton‐feeding basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), traditionally classified as an ectotherm, was recently shown to have regionally endothermic traits such as centralized red muscle (RM ...
C. Antonia Klöcker, Axel Schlindwein, Martin C. Arostegui, Ingrid M. Bruvold, Joel V. Wernström, Montserrat Martin‐Armas, David W. Sims, Nicolas Straube, Andreas Altenburger, Claudia Junge   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Oxidative Stress in Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
Oxidative stress is involved in multiple chemical reactions that take place in different intracellular organelles: mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, peroxisomes, autophagy, and aging, and can be influenced by exogenous factors: nutrition, physical activity, psychological status, environmental conditions, microbiome, and drugs.
Pedro Bullon, Francesca Giampieri, Beatriz Bullon, Maurizio Battino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical therapies for reducing and controlling lymphoedema of the limbs. [PDF]

, 2008
Background Lymphoedema is the accumulation of excess fluid in the body caused by obstruction of the lymphatic drainage mechanisms. Management involves decongesting the reduced lymphatic pathways in order to reduce the size of the limb.
Ahmed, Andersen, Badger, Badger, Bergan, Bertelli, Carroll, Didem, Dini, Erickson, Foldi, Harris, Hornsby, Irdesel, Johansson, Johansson, Kligman, Levick, McKenzie, McNeely, Moffatt, Mortimer, Moseley, Petrek, Sitzia, Sitzia, Szuba, Szuba, Tobin, Wilburn, Williams   +30 more
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