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Open AccessLevosimendan in intensive care and emergency medicine: literature update and expert recommendations for optimal efficacy and safety
The inodilator levosimendan, in clinical use for over two decades, has been the subject of extensive clinical and experimental evaluation in various clinical settings beyond its principal indication in the man...
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Still a Place for Aortic Counterpulsation in Cardiac Surgery and Patients with Cardiogenic Shock?
Since the publication of a neutral trial on the effects of aortic counterpulsation in patients with myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock, the use the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) has decr...
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The Pulmonary Artery Catheter in the Management of the High-Risk Surgical Patient
The introduction of the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) into clinical practice almost 50 years ago was a landmark for the treatment of critically ill and high-risk surgical patients as well as the future devel...
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Early Detection of Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery: A Problem Solved?
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Escalation of therapy without evidence: a “may” does not imply a “should”!
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S3-Leitlinie zur intensivmedizinischen Versorgung herzchirurgischer Patienten
Das hämodynamische Monitoring und die Differenzialtherapie mittels adäquater Volumensubstitution sowie positiv-inotroper und vasoaktiver Substanzen sind die Grundpfeiler der postoperativen intensivmedizinische...
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Antiinflammatorische Effekte von Pentoxifyllin
Ursprünglich wurde Pentoxifyllin (PTX), ein Methylxanthinderivat zur rheologischen Therapie bei der „Schaufensterkrankheit“ aufgrund einer peripheren arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit oder bei ischämischen zereb...
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The effects of physical exercise on plasma levels of relaxin, NTproANP, and NTproBNP in patients with ischemic heart disease
The insulin-like and vasodilatatory polypeptide relaxin (RLX), formerly known as a pregnancy hormone, has gained interest as a potential humoral mediator in human heart failure. Controversy exists about the re...
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Lack of reliability of cardiac output measurements derived from arterial pressure waveform analysis in on-pump cardiac surgery patients
The arterial pressure waveform-based device for cardiac output (CO) measurement FloTrac/VigileoTM offers the possibility of minimal-invasive CO monitoring without the need for invasive calibration. The agreement ...
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Changes of FRC during noninvasive ventilation in spontaneous breathing subjects can be determined by the oxygen washin/washout method
Recently, the feasibility of the oxygen washin/washout method for determination of functional residual capacity (FRC) in intubated, spontaneously breathing patients has been shown. During noninvasive ventilati...
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Continuous SvO2 Monitoring Is Reliable after On-Pump Cardiac Surgery
Goal-directed hemodynamic optimization in cardiac surgery patients warrants timely and precise informations about mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2). The reliability of continuous mixed venous oximetry by m...
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Correlation of Noninvasive Cerebral Oxygenation with Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation in Patients undergoing ECMO-Therapy - A Pilot Study
Approximately 1% of patients require temporary circulatory support due to cardiogenic shock following cardiac surgery. These patients are at risk of a mismatch between oxygen delivery and demand and carry a su...
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Effects of enalaprilat sodium on plasma NTproANP and NTproBNP levels in healthy volunteers
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The effects of variations in thoracic blood volume and intravenous sodium loading on plasma levels of NTproANP and NTproBNP in healthy volunteers
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Metabolic changes detected by microdialysis during endotoxin shock and after endotoxin preconditioning
Preconditioning with low doses of endotoxin has been shown to induce endotoxin hyporesponsiveness. The present study was designed to assess the metabolic response of various tissues during endotoxemia and aft...
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Plasma levels of urotensin II are increased in patients with three-vessel coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction
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The effect of a decrease in arterial blood pressure on renal urodilatin excretion in anesthetized rats
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The effects of a single dose of furosemide on urine flow, fluid balance, and the course of plasma creatinine during cardiac surgery
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The relationship between plasma urotensin II (hU-II) and pulmonary artery occlusion pressure during cardiac surgery: further evidence that hU-II is influenced by cardiac filling pressures
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The relationship between renal function and renal urodilatin excretion immediately after cardiac surgery