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Management of a huge right atrial thrombus in a patient with multiple comorbidities

The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2020
Background Floating right heart thrombi (RHT) represent an underdiagnosed, potentially hazardous, and to some extent rare phenomenon in patients presenting with acute pulmonary embolism (APE).
Peter Philip Shaker Selwanos, Ahmed Osman Ahmed, Karim Mohamed El Bakry, Ahmed Nazmy Elsharkawy, Omar Alaaeldin Mohamed, Hatem Hosny, Amir Anwar Shaker Samaan   +6 more
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Obstructive sleep apnea as an independent predictor of postoperative delirium and pain: Protocol for an observational study of a surgical cohort [version 2; referees: 2 approved] [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Postoperative delirium and pain are common complications in adults, and are difficult both to prevent and treat. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is prevalent in surgical patients, and has been suggested to be a risk factor for postoperative ...
Arrington, Brianna, Avidan, Michael S, Ben Abdallah, Arbi, Haroutounian, Simon, Kronzer, Vanessa, McKinnon, Sherry, Strutz, Patricia, Tzeng, William   +7 more
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Cardiac and Pulmonary Ultrasound for Diagnosing TRALI

Case Reports in Critical Care, 2015
Unexpected acute respiratory failure after anesthesia is a diagnostic challenge: residual neuromuscular blockade, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, laryngospasm, atelectasis, aspiration pneumonitis, and other more uncommon causes should be taken into ...
J. I. Alonso-Fernández, J. R. Prieto-Recio, C. García-Bernardo, I. García-Saiz, J. Rico-Feijoo, C. Aldecoa   +5 more
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Selective digestive decontamination solution used as “lock therapy” prevents and eradicates bacterial biofilm in an in vitro bench-top model

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2020
Background Most preventing measures for reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are based mainly on the decolonization of the internal surface of the endotracheal tubes (ETTs).
María Jesús Pérez-Granda, Beatriz Alonso, Ricardo Zavala, María Consuelo Latorre, Javier Hortal, Rafael Samaniego, Emilio Bouza, Patricia Muñoz, María Guembe   +8 more
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Benefits of thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing an open posterior component separation for abdominal herniorrhaphy [PDF]

, 2017
INTRODUCTION: The implementation of open posterior component separation (PCS) surgery has led to improved outcomes for complex hernias. While the PCS technique has been shown to decrease recurrence rates, and provide a feasible option to repair hernias ...
Sellers, Austin
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Risk factors for new antidepressant use after surgery in Sweden: a nationwide, observational cohort study

BJA Open, 2023
Background: Whilst somatic complications after major surgery are being increasingly investigated, the research field has scarce data on psychiatric outcomes such as postoperative depression. This study evaluates the impact of patient and surgical factors
Matilda Widaeus, Daniel Hertzberg, Linn Hallqvist, Max Bell   +3 more
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Eradication of P. aeruginosa biofilm in endotracheal tubes based on lock therapy: results from an in vitro study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background Despite the several strategies available for the management of biofilm-associated ventilator-associated pneumonia, data regarding the efficacy of applying antibiotics to the subglottic space (SS) are scarce.
María Jesús Pérez-Granda, María Consuelo Latorre, Beatriz Alonso, Javier Hortal, Rafael Samaniego, Emilio Bouza, María Guembe   +6 more
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Clinicopathological determinants of an elevated systemic inflammatory response following elective potentially curative resection for colorectal cancer [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: The postoperative systemic inflammatory response (SIR) is related to both long- and short-term outcomes following surgery for colorectal cancer.
Horgan, Paul G., McMillan, Donald C., McSorley, Stephen T., Park, James H., Ramanathan, Michelle L., Walley, Killian, Watt, David G.   +6 more
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Effect of timing of intraoperative administration of paracetamol on postoperative shivering: A randomised double-blind controlled trial

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023
Background and Aims: Paracetamol (PCM) has an anti-shivering effect and may also exacerbate intraoperative hypothermia. This study compares the incidence of shivering as the primary outcome and the incidence of perioperative hypothermia (
Medha Mohta, T Bindu Mounika, Asha Tyagi
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Huge Interatrial Septal Aneurysm: A Coincidental but Rather Fatal Finding

Case Reports in Medicine, 2011
We report the case of a patient with a huge interatrial septal aneurysm as an intraoperative coincidental finding that led to a fatal outcome. The patient was admitted to our hospital in order to undergo elective coronary artery bypass grafting because ...
Petros Tzimas, Georgios Papadopoulos
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