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Left atrial contraction strain and controlled preload alterations, a study in healthy individuals

Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2022
Background In order to assess left atrial contractile function in disturbed circulatory conditions, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of how it behaves in a normal resting state with changes in loading conditions.
Peter Gottfridsson, Roman A’Roch, Per Lindqvist, Lucy Law, Tomi Myberg, Magnus Hultin, Alexander A’Roch, Michael Haney   +7 more
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Combined Intravenous Sildenafil and l-Arginine Administration in a Porcine Animal Model: Hemodynamic Safety Profile and Effects on Coronary Blood Flow

Drugs in R&D, 2020
Background Endothelial dysfunction in the nitric oxide-cyclic guanosine monophosphate pathway is a potential contributor to perioperative myocardial ischemia.
Marek Brzezinski, Gabriela R. Dincheva, Kelsey Alloo, Celeste Wong, Chun-Miao Feng, Wynnis L. Tom, Ali Salahieh, Arthur W. Wallace   +7 more
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Impact of Radial Arterial Location on Catheter Lifetime in ICU Surgical Intensive Care

Critical Care Explorations, 2023
OBJECTIVES:. The use of arterial catheters is frequent in intensive care for hemodynamic monitoring of patients and for blood sampling, but they are often removed because of dysfunction.
Damien Marie, MD, Claire Dahyot-Fizelier, MD, PhD, Stéphanie Barrau, MD, Matthieu Boisson, MD, Denis Frasca, PhD, Angeline Jamet, MD, Stéphane Chauvet, MD, Nathan Ferrand, MD, Amélie Pichot, MD, Olivier Mimoz, MD, PhD, Thomas Kerforne, MD   +10 more
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The impact of community-acquired critical sepsis on long-term mortality and morbidity—a nationwide cohort study

Scientific Reports
The long-term consequences of sepsis, including mortality and morbidity among survivors, are insufficiently understood. This nationwide matched cohort study investigated the association between presumed community-acquired critical sepsis (PCACS)and long ...
Ann-Charlotte Lindström, Jesper Eriksson, Mikael Eriksson, Erik von Oelreich, Johan Mårtensson, Emma Larsson, Anders Oldner   +6 more
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Albumin mass balance and kinetics in liver transplantation

Critical Care, 2018
Background In major abdominal surgery albumin is shifted from the circulation, presumably leaking into the interstitial space, contributing to a 30–40% decrease in plasma albumin concentration.
Mariam Amouzandeh, Greg Nowak, Anna Januszkiewicz, Jan Wernerman, Olav Rooyackers, Åke Norberg   +5 more
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Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis due to Vagococcus fluvialis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Medicine
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an uncommon but life-threatening disease, most frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus, streptococci, and enterococci. Vagococcus fluvialis is a Gram-stain positive coccus, phenotypically close to enterococci, and rarely
Camille Le Guillou, Yvon Ruch, Florian Baquer, Pierre Boyer, Michel Kindo, Mircea Cristinar, Sebastien Brua, Paul Michel Mertes, Walid Oulehri   +8 more
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Randomized comparison of popliteal-sciatic perineural catheter tip migration and dislocation in a cadaver model using two catheter designs [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017
BackgroundNew catheter-over-needle (CON) technology for continuous peripheral nerve blockade has emerged, but its effect on the risk of perineural catheter tip dislocation is unknown.
Lauren Steffel, Steven K. Howard, Lindsay Borg, Edward R. Mariano, Jody C. Leng, T. Edward Kim   +5 more
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Perioperative Care

, 2020
The chapter covers pre-op assessment in the context of limited availability to tests and investigations outlining the key considerations that should be made in assessing fitness for and appropriateness of surgery. Key aspects of consent within different cultural contexts are explored as well as important consent considerations for quality improvement ...
Tom Bashford, Wayne Morriss, Clare Roques, Naomi Shamambo, Matt Wilkes   +4 more
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Improved analgesia and reduced post-operative nausea and vomiting after implementation of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway for total mastectomy

BMC Anesthesiology, 2018
Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways have been shown in multiple surgical disciplines to improve outcomes, including reduced opioid consumption, length of stay, and post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
Catherine Chiu, Pedram Aleshi, Laura J. Esserman, Christina Inglis-Arkell, Edward Yap, Elizabeth L. Whitlock, Monica W. Harbell   +6 more
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Relation between preoperative benzodiazepines and opioids on outcomes after total joint arthroplasty

Scientific Reports, 2021
To examine the association of preoperative opioids and/or benzodiazepines on postoperative outcomes in total knee and hip arthroplasty, we retrospectively compared postoperative outcomes in those prescribed preoperative opioids and/or benzodiazepines ...
Lisa V. Doan, Kristoffer Padjen, Deborah Ok, Adam Gover, Jawad Rashid, Bijan Osmani, Shirley Avraham, Jing Wang, Samir Kendale   +8 more
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