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- Solem, Jan Otto, et al.
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Hemoconcentration by ultrafiltration during open-heart surgery
- 1988
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0036-5580. ; 22:3, s. 271-274
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ultrafiltration was used during extracorporeal circulation (ECC) with heart-lung machine in 17 critically ill cardiac patients. In ultrafiltration (hemofiltration), water and small molecules (e.g. urea, creatinine and electrolytes), are separated from the blood by hydrostatic pressure generated on the blood side of a semipermeable membrane. The patients had severe water overload for three reasons, viz. congestive heart failure (10), renal failure (6) or iatrogenic extreme hemodilution (1). On average 2090 (800-5700) ml water was filtered off, increasing the hematocrit from 25 to 33%. Three indications for ultrafiltration during ECC and two modes of such treatment are exemplified in three case reports. No negative effect of the treatment was observed. Ultrafiltration during ECC thus may help to improve the postoperative course in patients with severe water overload due to congestive heart failure, renal failure or iatrogenic extreme hemodilution.
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- Åberg, T, et al.
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The effects of pneumatic antishock garments in the treatment of critical abdominal injuries in rats
- 1988
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Ingår i: Journal of Trauma. - 0022-5282. ; 28:6, s. 772-778
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Thirty rats were subjected to a standardized critical aortic injury and divided into six groups. In addition to controls, the animals were treated with a pneumatic antishock garment (PASG), massive intravenous or intra-aortic saline infusion, or PASG in combination with either massive intravenous or intra-aortic saline infusion. Twenty-six rats were subjected to a standardized hepatic injury and divided into four groups. In addition to controls, the animals were treated with PASG, massive intravenous saline infusion, or PASG in combination with massive intravenous saline infusion. These animals were allowed to bleed for 5 minutes before the treatment was started. The treatment with PASG alone prolonged the median survival time significantly from 7 min in the control group to greater than 120 min in the PASG group in rats with an aortic injury and from 33 to greater than 120 min in rats with a hepatic injury. Intravenous infusion of saline did not prolong the median survival time. Intravenous infusion in combination with PASG did not have any positive effects on median survival time or median mean aortic pressure and failed to prolong the median survival time significantly in rats with a liver injury, as six out of eight animals developed a lethal pulmonary edema.
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