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Extracorporeal Life Support as a Bridge to Surgery of Acute Ventricular Septal Defect
The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports, 2020 Background Postinfarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a rare but life-threatening complication of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Surgery represents the treatment of choice.
Aysun Tulun +3 more
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Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 Background This study aimed to describe the efficacy of veno-arterial extracorporeal life support (VA-ECLS) through early lactate clearance and pH restoration and assess the potential association with 30-day survival following hospital discharge. Methods
ER Kurniawati +4 more
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πρόσφατος (Phryn. Ecl. 351, Phryn. Ecl. 27)
Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale, 2022 This article provides a philological and linguistic commentary on the verbal adjective πρόσφατος, discussed in the Atticist lexica Phryn. Ecl. 351 and Phryn. Ecl. 27.
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Changes in quality of life and health status in patients with extracorporeal life support: A prospective longitudinal study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) provides emergency pulmonary and cardiac assistance for patients in respiratory or cardiac failure. Most studies evaluate the success of ECLS based on patients' survival rate.
Kang-Hua Chen +4 more
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2021 Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) is rarely used in pediatric trauma patients due to bleeding risk, and the use of ECLS following angioembolization of traumatic hemorrhage has never been reported in a child.
Christina M. Theodorou +4 more
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Impact of dynamic changes of elevated bilirubin on survival in patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal life support for acute circulatory failure. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Veno-arterial extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is an established method to stabilize acute circulatory failure. Parameters and data on when to ideally wean circulatory support are limited. Bilirubin is a marker of end-organ damage.
Miriam Freundt +8 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2017 Background Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) systems are life-saving devices used for treating patients with severe cardiopulmonary failure. In this study, we implemented a rat model of ECLS without the administration of inotropes or vasopressors ...
Ru-Wen Chang +4 more
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International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature, 2023 Background: Extra Corporeal Life Support (ECLS) is an evolving therapy in therapy-resistant cardiogenic shock (CS). Vascular cannulation in emergency situations can be accomplished through puncture of the femoral vessels by specialised teams. Since lower
Christos Ilias +10 more
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Transplantation DirectBackground. Heart transplantation is always an emergency because the transplant needs to occur within 6 h after procurement to prevent primary graft dysfunction. Static cold storage (SCS) is the gold-standard preservation method. This study describes the
Matthew D. Johnson, MD +9 more
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Successful on-ECLS Repair of CDH and Omphalocele in a Newborn
European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2023 Both congenital diaphragmatic hernias (CDHs) and omphaloceles show relevant overall mortality rates as individual findings. The combination of the two has been described only sparsely in the literature and almost always with a fatal course.
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