Peripheral mercury embolization occurring during arterial blood sampling.

Sampling arterial blood with a fine needle.

Lactate measurement: arterial versus venous blood sampling

Lactate is the end product of the metabolic process of glucose utilization, known as anaerobic glycolysis, which occurs in the cytoplasm of all cells. In well-oxygenated tissues this lactate is metabolized further, but if tissues are inadequately oxygenated, lactate accumulates locally and blood concentration increases. As a blood marker of tissue hypoxia, lactate measurement has long-establish...

Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gas

تجزیه و تحلیل گازهای خون اطلاعات مهمی را در مورد اکسیژناسیون شریانی و تعادل اسید - باز در دست ما قرار می دهد. در ک این داده ها بخشی اساسی از مراقبت پرستاری در اکثر بیماران است. هنوز برای بسیاری از پرستاران، تفسیر نتایج گازهای خون شریانی همانند یک جدول پیچیده بوده و در مواقعی که بررسی تمام نتایج در اسرع وقت مورد نیاز باشد، این مشکل بیشتر نمایان می شود.

Intraoperative cerebral arterial embolization during total hip arthroplasty.

BACKGROUND Fat embolism to the pulmonary circulation is known to occur during total hip arthroplasty, especially during insertion of a cemented femoral component. Fat and air bubbles may enter the systemic circulation via a patent foramen ovale or through pulmonary circulation. METHODS To determine whether microemboli to the brain were occurring during total hip arthroplasty, 23 patients unde...

Severe peripheral arterial disease during nilotinib therapy.

In BCR-ABL-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) imatinib acts as an antileukemic agent and reconstitutes normal hematopoiesis (1). Because imatinib-treated patients may develop drug resistance or intolerance, the second generation TKI nilotinib (Tasigna; Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ) was designed and has been approved for treatment of CML (2...