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Long-term quality of life, psychological distress, and caregiver burden in octogenarians with LVAD: A single-centre experience
Int J Artif Organs. 2024 Mar 23:3913988241239236. doi: 10.1177/03913988241239236. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWith the general population aging, both life expectancy and the number of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantations in elderly patients are growing. Nevertheless, their perceived long-term quality of life, including psychological aspects, coupled with the respective caregiver's burden, remain under-reported. In light of the rising number of octogenarians with LVAD who necessitate broader healthcare provider involvement, we assessed the long-term quality of life, as defined by both the 36-item short-form...
Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - March 23, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Jacopo D'Andria Ursoleo Marina Pieri Francesco Calvo Savino Altizio Mario Gramegna Domenico Pontillo Silvia Ajello Anna Mara Scandroglio Source Type: research

Closed reduction of dislocated hip prosthesis using a traction table
This article describes three cases in which a dislocated hip prosthesis was reduced by a new reduction technique - that we previously described - using traction table. The dissociation of a prosthesis is a rare but serious complication of closed reduction manoeuvre. The new reduction manoeuvre using a traction table may be a good option to avoid dissociation of the prosthesis during closed reduction for treatment of dislocation after total hip arthroplasty.PMID:38515386 | DOI:10.1177/03913988241234221 (Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs)
Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - March 22, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tomonori Shigemura Yohei Yamamoto Yasuaki Murata Source Type: research

A multi-constituent model for assessing the effect of impeller shroud on the thrombosis potential of a centrifugal blood pump
This study analyzed the effect of impeller shroud on the thrombosis risk of the blood pump, and predicted areas prone to thrombosis. Multi-constituent transport equations were presented, considering mechanical activation and biochemical activation. It was found that activated platelets concentration can increase with shear stress and adenosine diphosphate(ADP) concentration increasing, and the highest risk of thrombosis inside the blood pump was under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) mode. Under the same condition, ADP concentration and thrombosis index of semi-shroud impeller can increase by 7.3% and 7.2% compar...
Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - March 20, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Shen Lv Zhi-Peng He Guang-Mao Liu Sheng-Shou Hu Source Type: research

Association between a low-risk COVID-19 extracorporeal membrane oxygenation criteria and mortality: A retrospective study
CONCLUSION: There was not a statistically significant difference in survival between low-risk patients and high-risk patients; however, there was a trend toward higher survival in the lower-risk group.PMID:38506888 | DOI:10.1177/03913988241239198 (Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs)
Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - March 20, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Igor Gostyuzhev Adham Mohamed Carole E Freiberger-O'Keefe Michelle M Haines Jonathan B Kozinn Source Type: research

External validation of the PC-ECMO score in postcardiotomy veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
In this study, we externally validated the PC-ECMO score, a specific risk scoring method for prediction of in-hospital mortality after postcardiotomy V-A-ECMO. Overall, 614 patients who required V-A-ECMO after adult cardiac surgery were gathered from an individual patient data meta-analysis of nine studies on this topic. The AUC of the logistic PC-ECMO score in predicting in-hospital mortality was 0.678 (95%CI 0.630-0.726; p < 0.0001). The AUC of the logistic PC-ECMO score in predicting on V-A-ECMO mortality was 0.652 (95%CI 0.609-0.695; p < 0.0001). The Brier score of the logistic PC-ECMO score for in-hospital morta...
Source: The International Journal of Artificial Organs - March 11, 2024 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Fausto Biancari Tatu Juvonen Sung-Min Cho Francisco J Hern ández Pérez Camilla L'Acqua Amr A Arafat Mohammed M AlBarak Mohamed Laimoud Ilija Djordjevic Robertas Samalavicius Marta Alonso-Fernandez-Gatta Sebastian D Sahli Alexander Kaserer Carmelo Domini Source Type: research