Hemodinamics

Pharmacological studies have suggested that I1-imidazoline receptors are involved in the regulation of cardiovascular function and that selective I1-agonists, devoid of the side effects associated with the common hypotensive α2-adrenoreceptor agonists, might be considered as a second generation of centrally acting antihypertensives. Therefore, in the present study, inspired by the antihypertensive behavior of our selective I1-agonist 4, we designed, prepared, and studied the novel analogues 5-9. A selective I1-profile, associated with significant hemodinamic effects, was displayed by 5, 8, and 9...

Liver is frequently involved and injured in blunt abdominal trauma. Although over the last three decades the management of blunt hepatic trauma has gradually shifted toward nonoperative approach whit a significant reduction in overall mortality, surgery remains the main option for hemodinamically unstable patients whit severe liver injuries. A 16-yr-old male in good health suffered a blunt abdominal trauma from a sport accident falling while playing football resulting in a grade V liver injury according to the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Organ Injury Score...

OBJECTIVES: In this study, we aimed to compare the postoperative analgesic efficiency of an ultrasound-guided fascia iliaca compartment block and a 3 in 1 block in patients who underwent hip prosthesis surgery as a result of hip fracture. METHODS: With approval from the local ethics committee, 70 patients, aged 20 to 80, undergoing hip prosthesis surgery under elective conditions were included in this randomized, prospective, controlled study. They were informed of the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device and visual analog scale (VAS)...

UNLABELLED: We present the case of a 86-year-old male patient diagnosed with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) with proximal bilateral obstructions of the pulmonary arteries. The history included systemic hypertension, benign prostate adenoma and in situ colonic adenocarcinoma, cured by local radiotherapy; no prior history of thromboembolic disease was noted. The work-up comprised of a detailed analysis of pulmonary hemodynamics and right ventricular function by echocardiography and right heart catheterization, imagistic evaluation of the pulmonary circulation by contrast tomography, but also a complete evaluation of the left heart, respiratory function, neurologic status, liver and kidney function...

BACKGROUND: Current literature provides limited data on the hemodynamic changes that may occur during bi-level continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) support in preterm infants. However, the application of a positive end-expiratory pressure may be transmitted to the heart and the great vessels resulting in changes of central blood flow. OBJECTIVE: To assess changes in central blood flow in infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) during bi-level CPAP support...

Objectives. To find out cardiovascular risk factors and the effect of atherosclerotic lesions of carotid arteries on the level of disability of young and middle-aged patients to the end of the acute period of ischemic stroke (II). Material and methods. A study included 266 patients, aged from 25 to 59 years, with a first-ever II in the carotid system. Risk for cerebrovascular diseases (arterial hypertension, smoking, auricular fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, high atherogenic index, excessive body mass, hypodynamia, a family history for cerebrovascular diseases, a history of transitory ischemic attacks, heart diseases (ischemic heat disease, myocardial infarction, reduced left ventricular ejection fraction) were analyzed...

BACKGROUND: Cervical pregnancy (CP) is a life-threatening condition that represents less than one percent of all ectopic pregnancies. Transvaginal sonography (TVS) is the gold standard for an accurate diagnosis. For hemodinamically stable women the available treatments involve a medical therapy, alone or in combination with interventional measures (hysteroscopy, angiographic embolization or laparoscopic ligation of uterine arteries). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The authors describe a CP unsuccessfully treated with methotrexate (MTX), but resolved with hysteroscopy...

INTRODUCTION: Fractures that compromise pelvic and/or acetabular mechanical stability are usually injuries caused by high energy mechanisms and are life threatening. OBJECTIVE: To present the treatment options for the early stabilization of pelvic rim injuries and acetabular fractures in hemodinamically unstable patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study in patients with diagnosis of pelvic ring or acetabular fracture and hemodynamic instability seen in the emergency room between January 2002 and December 2010...

BACKGROUND: The establishment of Extracorporeal Circulation (EC) significantly contributed to improvement of cardiac surgery, but this is accompanied by harmful side-effects. The most important of them is systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Many efforts have been undertaken to minimize this problem but unfortunately without satisfied solution to date. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Lornoxicam is a non steroid anti-inflammatory drug which temporally inhibits the cycloxygenase...

BACKGROUND: In hepatosplenic schistosomiasis occurs diffuse hepatic fibrosis associated with venous congestion of the portal system resulting in hepatosplenomegaly. It can produce digestive hemorrhage caused by rupture of esophageal and stomach varices or peptic gastroduodenal mucosal lesions. AIM: To study the effects of splenectomy and ligature of the left gastric vein on portohepatic hemodynamics. METHOD: Twenty-three patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni were studied before and about two weeks after operation through angiographic diameter of the common and proper hepatic artery, splenic artery, superior mesenteric artery, portal vein, superior mesenteric vein and left gastric vein...

Revascularization treatment is mostly recommended for iatrogenic left main coronary artery dissection because of potential for catastrophic sequel, even in case of initial TIMI 3 flow and hemodynamic stability. However, conservative treatment seems to be feasible in asymptomatic and hemodinamically stable patient with low-grade dissection. We report two cases of iatrogenic left main coronary dissection managed conservatively.

A real case reported to the SENSAR database of incidents is presented. In a patient scheduled for nose fracture repair surgery an unexpected atrial fibrillation was found when monitored in the operating room. The operation was not delayed. After induction of general anaesthesia heart rate suddenly increased and hemodinamic situation was impaired. Cardioversion was required. Two electric countershocks were given but sinus rhythm was not restored. Heart rate was controlled with amiodarone infusion. Optimal defibrillation characteristics are described in these cases...

Eighty-two patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) or minor ischemic strokes (MISs) were prospectively recruited from the emergency room of a general hospital within 1 month of the event with the aim of providing a group for comparison - regarding the pathogenetic profile - with similar series from Northern Europe and USA. Patients were asked a diet questionnaire, and serum lipid analysis, CT scan and carotid duplex were performed in each case. Relevant features were antecedents of hypertension in 61%, current smoking in 23...

OBJECTIVES: To propose relaparoscopy as a feasible diagnostic tool and an efficient treatment in early abdominal complications after urologic laparoscopic procedures in selected patients that require surgical intervention. METHODS: Between January 2008 and April 2011, a total of 246 laparoscopic urologic procedures were performed at our institution. There were 81 radical nephrectomies (33%), 46 radical prostatectomies (19%), 31 pyeloplasties (13%), 28 partial nephrectomies (11%), 6 radical cystectomies (2%) and 54 miscellaneous (22%)...

BACKGROUND: Penetrating abdominal trauma (PAT) has been traditionally treated by exploratory laparotomy (EL). The aim of our study was to examine the use of diagnostic laparoscopy (DL) in the management of hemodynamically stable patients with PAT. METHODS: A prospective study was performed to compare the outcomes of hemodynamically stable patients with suspected intra-abdominal injuries due to abdominal stab wounds who underwent either EL or DL. Data extracted for analysis included demographic information, operative findings, rates of non-therapeutic laparotomy, operation time, length of hospital stay, mortality, and postoperative complications...

The efficacy of neyromidin in the treatment of motor disturbances after ischemic stroke (IS) was studied. The study included 60 patients with left middle cerebral artery stroke. The diagnosis was made on the basis of general clinical methods as well as the neurological examination, computed tomography (CT) scan of the head, investigation of hemodinamic parameters, ECG, ultrasound dopplerography of main head arteries, biochemical blood tests. Patients were divided into two equal groups: patients in the acute phase of stroke (main group) and patients in the early rehabilitation phase (comparison group)...

INTRODUCTION: Treating severe acute glyphosate-surfactant poisoning requires intensive therapy including dialysis. Cases of hemoperfusion and hemodialysis use in renal failure induced by herbicide ingestion have been reported in the current medical literature. We present a case report of successful patient treatment with continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration in acute glyphosate-surfactant poisoning. CASE OUTLINE: A 36-year-old male patient attempted suicide by drinking approximately 300 ml of glyphosate-surfactant about an hour before coming to our Clinic...

AIM: Our aim was to detect the adverse effects of smoking on arterial wall thickness and arterial wall stiffness in young, healthy university students. QUESTION: Does only a few years of smoking result in measurable vascular alterations in healthy young people? METHODS: We measured the intima-media thickness (IMT) on both common carotids by means of carotid ultrasound, then we examined the stiffnessparameters of the blood vessels (pulse wave velocity, PWV; augmentation index, Aix) with the help of arteriograph...

Our experimental study was undertaken to determine the effect of bilateral novocaine vagosympathetic block (VSB) on central hemolymphodynamic and regional hemodinamic in lesser circulation. Follow-up period lasted for 4 hours. No statistically significant arterial pressure changes were detected. Studies of stroke index (SI) and general peripheral vascular resistance (GPVR) changes indentified the development of two responses: (1) a 60% SI decline and PVR increase were accompanied with elevation (mean 37%) of volumetric lymph flow rate within 15-30 min following VSB: (2) there was only a 40% SI elevation and GPVR decline...

BACKGROUND: Donor brain death (BD) triggers a systemic inflammatory response that reduces organ quality and increases immunogenicity of the graft. We characterized the early innate immune response induced by BD in the liver and peripheral blood of hemodinamically stable non-human primates (NHP). METHODS: Rhesus macaques were assigned to either brain death or control group. BD was induced by inflation of a subdurally placed catheter and confirmed clinically and by cerebral angiography...