Echocardiography versus right heart catheterization in class I pulmonary hypertension
It has been agreed that pulmonary hypertension should be determined by right heart catheterization. However, being invasive and refused by many patients, echocardiography was thought to be a reasonable substitute to determine a solid diagnosis of ...
R.I.M. El-Korashy +3 more
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Inhibition of Plasma Kallikrein with Aprotinin in porcine endotoxin Shock [PDF]
Activation of the contact phase of coagulation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of septic shock. We wanted to determine if inhibition of plasma kallikrein can prevent arterial hypotension and liberation of kinins from kininogen, induced by an ...
Fink, Edwin +8 more
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Seudoaneurisma de arteria pulmonar como complicación de catéter de Swan-Ganz
Sr. Editor: Se presenta el caso de una mujer de 65 años sin alergias conocidas a medicamentos y con antecedentes personales cardiológicos de fibrilación auricular, en tratamiento anticoagulante con warfarina, y con polivalvulopat ...
Laura Gallego López +3 more
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Efeitos hemodinâmicos e metabólicos iniciais da evisceração abdominal total para transplante multivisceral experimental [PDF]
PURPOSE: Multivisceral transplantation (MVTx) has been accepted as standard therapeutic modality for patients with short-bowel syndrome associated with irreversible liver failure.
CRUZ JUNIOR, Ruy J. +2 more
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Non Invasive Assessment of Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure Using Echocardiography [PDF]
A pressão de encravamento da artéria pulmonar (Pw) é um importante parâmetro hemodinâmico frequentemente utilizado em Cuidados Intensivos. Não é portanto de estranhar o esforço aplicado por inúmeros autores na sua determinação não invasiva por ...
Lopes, MG, Marcelino, P
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RESUMO: As fístulas broncopleurais (FBP) constituem um problema clínico frequente mas de resolução complicada, sobretudo em doentes sob ventilação mecânica.
Carlos Glória, Luís Reis
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Do Instrumental Variables Belong in Propensity Scores? [PDF]
Propensity score matching is a popular way to make causal inferences about a binary treatment in observational data. The validity of these methods depends on which variables are used to predict the propensity score.
Jay Bhattacharya, William B. Vogt
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Comparison of regional blood flow values measured by radioactive and fluorescent microspheres [PDF]
Fluorescent microspheres (FM) have become an attractive alternative to radioactive microspheres (RM) for the measurement of regional blood flow (RBF). The aim of the present study was to investigate the comparability of both methods by measuring RBF with
Habler, O. +6 more
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Cuidados de Enfermería a pacientes con monitorización PiCCO
La monitorización de parámetros fisiológicos resulta imprescindible para conseguir un tratamiento dirigido a objetivos terapéuticos en pacientes críticos.
Rafael Muriana Jiménez +2 more
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Thoracic duct drainage in organ transplantation: Will it permit better immunosuppression? [PDF]
It is possible that thoracic-duct drainage, a major but neglected immunosuppressive adjunct, can have an important impact on organ transplantation.
Franks, JJ +4 more
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