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MELD-score for risk stratification in cardiac surgery
AbstractThe outcome of the patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is also influenced by the renal and hepatic organ functions. Risk stratification, using scores such as EURO Score II or STS Short-Term Risk Calculator for patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, ignores the quantitative renal and hepatic function; therefore, MELD-Score was applied in these cases. We retrospectively examined patient data using the MELD score as a predictor of mortality. To perform a univariate analysis of the data, patients were classified into three groups based on the MELD Score: MELD ...
Source: Heart and Vessels - April 1, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Severe Neurological Involvement in an Adult with Shiga Toxin-Producing < i > Escherichia coli < /i > -Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Treated with Eculizumab
A 68-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension was admitted to the emergency department for diffuse abdominal pain preceded by bloody diarrhea. Upon admission, neurological examination was normal, but he suddenly developed a left-sided hemiparesis. After a normal brain computed tomography, intravenous thrombolysis was administered for a suspicion of ischemic stroke. In the first laboratory investigations, hemoglobin was 16.9 g/dL, platelets 121 × 109/L (150 –450), and serum creatinine 1.17 mg/dL. By the second hospital day, the platelet level dropped to 79 × 109/L, with haptoglobin at 0.12 g/L, 3% schistocyte...
Source: Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis - January 27, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research

Mr. M
Dr. Migliore I step off the subway, up the elevator, and up several flights of stairs. There’s a homeless man there who always uses the last stair of the lower staircase as a tray for his food. And by tray, I mean he sets his half-eaten rice burrito directly onto the step and picks around at it while I imagine the guacamole is mixing with Hep B and C. diff and MRSA. He looks up at me, I promise myself for the 100th time I’m going to start carrying cash or Kind bars or something; I give him my best sheepish face, and emerge at street level. I walk toward my hospital and pass a gentleman who sits on a ledge next to the ...
Source: The Hospitalist - December 1, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Lisa Casinger Tags: Essay Source Type: research

Impact of preoperative atrial fibrillation on in-hospital outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting
The objective of our study was to assess if preoperative AF in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting is a predictor of operative mortality, postoperative stroke and need for postoperative dialysis by interrogating a large registry database.
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - July 13, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Daniel Paul Fudulu, Arnaldo Dimagli, Shubhra Sinha, James Ackah, Pradeep Narayan, Jeremy Chan, Marco Gemelli, Tim Dong, Umberto Benedetto, Gianni Davide Angelini Tags: ADULT – Original Submission Source Type: research

Open Repair of Acute Type A Intramural Hematoma in 3 Patients
Tex Heart Inst J. 2020 Aug 1;47(4):290-297. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-20-7242.ABSTRACTAcute aortic syndrome encompasses classic aortic dissection and less common aortic phenomena, including intramural hematoma (IMH), a hemorrhage within the aortic media that occurs without a discrete intimal tear. We reviewed our experience with treating acute type A IMH to better understand this acute aortic syndrome. A review of our clinical database identified 1,902 proximal aortic repairs that were performed from January 2006 through December 2018; of these, 266 were for acute aortic syndrome, including 3 (1.1%) for acute type A IMH. Operativ...
Source: Texas Heart Institute Journal - January 20, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: William C Frankel Scott A Weldon Susan Y Green Hiruni S Amarasekara Scott A LeMaire Joseph S Coselli Source Type: research

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