Palma Procedure for Acute Intraabdominal Major Venous Injury

NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury

Early Acute Kidney Injury based on Serum Creatinine or Cystatin C in Intensive Care Unit after Major Trauma

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common problem in critically ill patients and is independently associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Recently, serum cystatin C has been shown to be superior to creatinine in early detection of renal function impairment. We compared estimated GFR based on serum cystatin C with estimated GFR based on serum creatinine for early detection of ...

Pulmonary artery catheters and central venous catheters did not differ for mortality in acute lung injury.

M e t h o d s Design: Randomized controlled 2×2 factorial design trial (Fluid and Catheter Treatment Trial [FACTT]). Allocation: Concealed.* Blinding: Unblinded.* Follow-up period: 60 days. Setting: 36 centers in the United States and 2 in Canada. Patients: 1001 patients ≥ 13 years of age (mean age 50 y, 53% men) who had acute lung injury for ≤ 48 hours; were receiving positive-pressure ventila...

Massive Intraabdominal Relapse in a Patient with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia.

Abdominal involvement in an isolated extramedullary relapse region in patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a rare event, especially in patients in hematological remission. The literature related to this subject is very limited. In this study, a 23-year-old male patient, is presented who had been in remission for 4 years, was admitted because of an enlarged testis, and was found to ...

The effects of prone positioning on intraabdominal pressure and cardiovascular and renal function in patients with acute lung injury.

UNLABELLED To detect any harmful effects of prone positioning on intraabdominal pressure (IAP) and cardiovascular and renal function, we studied 16 mechanically ventilated patients with acute lung injury randomly in prone and supine positions, without minimizing the restriction of the abdomen. Effective renal blood flow index and glomerular filtration rate index were determined by the paraamino...