We have previously reported our studies of blood cardioplegia and our delivery system for it (1, 2). Our experimental results showing blood cardioplegia to be superior to asanguineous cardioplegia were reported recently (3, 4), and we have used blood cardioplegia for the past two and a half years. Although our clinical results have been gratifying, and the whole blood cardioplegia system was de...

This paper is about the requirements for an advanced factory governance system. Based on Rudd’s (2004) variant of Ostrom’s IAD framework five capital assets are distinguished: Natural, artificial, human, social, and financial. A factory’s operations involve and affect these five capital assets. To scope worker activities with respect to objectives that exist for these capital assets, this paper...

In Europe, the energy transition by means of a governance shift through liberalization is followed by a transition and shift towards community energy initiatives, with a particular view of supporting the demand for greater energy sustainability. What institutional legal consequences, as constraints and opportunities for lawful behaviour, follow from a shift in legal governance towards facilitat...

Patients undergoing surgical correction of scoliosis present many challenges to anesthetists because of the pathophysiologic derangements caused by the disease and the demanding nature of the anesthetic care that is required. A thorough understanding of the pathophysiology of the disease, intraoperative concerns specific to the procedure, and the efficacy of various anesthetic management techni...

BACKGROUND The value of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH) as compared to preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) in orthopedic surgery is unknown. Therefore, a prospective, randomized study was conducted to compare these techniques in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS ANH patients underwent phlebotomy for up to 3 units, or to a target Hct l...

Bak, Zoltan. Cardiovascular Response to Hyperoxemia, Hemodilution and Burns – A clinical and experimental study. Linköping University Medical Dissertations No.1013, Ed: The Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences, Sweden 2007. During the last decades less invasive monitoring and analytical tools have been developed for the evaluation of myocardial mechanics in clinical practice. In critical care, th...