First, BP recording used clinic sphygmomanometers with no standardized recording protocol. We used this pragmatic approach to better reflect real-world decision making for hypertension treatment. Second, the modest but feasible financial incentive was small ($20) with or without a refund of the ...
To use the Noctiva™ nasal spray:When used for the first time, the spray must be primed. Press the pump down 5 times. If the spray is not used for more than 3 days, prime the pump again by pressing 2 times. Do not shake the bottle. Gently blow your nose before using the spray...
Use of short-term mechanical circulatory support (MCS) has risen dramatically over the past 2 decades.3 Several modalities of short-term MCS are now in clinical use, including intra-aortic balloon pumps, Impella intravascular pump devices, and VA ECMO.4 In addition to the widespread availability...
In urgent cases, patients should still receive ultrashort-term pre- operative treatment [27]. Operative management of bleeding Although discussion of a Major Haemorrhage Protocol (MHP), with pre-defined transfusion thresholds, is out with the scope of this review, it is important that staff ...
First Online:08 June 2021 pp 3–22 Cite this chapter Case-Based Device Therapy for Heart Failure Jorge Silva Enciso Abstract Cardiogenic shock is a multifaceted syndrome that presents with acute impairment in myocardial function resulting in poor distal end organ perfusion and hypoxia. It is a ch...
Postoperative urine output and blood loss from drains were hourly recorded, for the first 24 hours. In all patients, the hemodynamic profile was routinely recorded, at five phases. The first phase (phase-1) was recorded at 20 minutes prior to initiation of extracor- poreal circulation. The ...
First-generation DES 0 822 (87.7) 232 (14.0) Second-generation DES 0 4 (0.4) 1,400 (84.4) Use of IVUS 197 (72.7) 693 (74.0) 1,288 (77.7) 0.04 Use of IABP or ECMO 27 (10.0) 33 (3.5) 87 (5.2) <0.001 Surgical characteristics for CABG Off-pump surgery 149 (21.9) 445 ...
As for any other ICU patients, the latter is crucial to promote short- and long-term recovery. Dedicated studies about the nutrition in the COVID-19 patients are now awaited to enrich our knowledge about the metabolism of this new disease and adapt the nutrition support strategy....
Putting systems in place to allow napping on the night shift is not easy. First, you have to provide adequate relief staffing to ensure full coverage of your units at all times. You already must do this for other breaks (meal breaks, bathroom breaks, etc.) that nurses need on any shift...
To address the first question, we initially focused on a panel of 10 established ovarian cancer cell lines, four of which are PARGi sensitive and the remaining six, resistant. Upon PARG blockade, the four sensitive lines displayed features of replication stress and DNA damage, namely RPA and ...