Chronic and acute extracorporeal detoxification treatments, such as haemodialysis, haemofiltration, haemodiafiltration or haemoperfusion, clearly have become parts of the standard armamentarium of modern medicine. The necessary technical equipment has been transformed in the course of the last decades from prototype-like monsters (which nobody dared to touch without thorough education) to handy...

Abstract Background In continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), administration of anticoagulants is necessary for achieving a certain level filter lifetime. Generally, anticoagulant doses are controlled to keep activated partial thromboplastin time and other indicators within target range, regardless the membrane materials used filter. However, in actual clinical practice, lifetime varies s...

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS), caused by antipsychotic therapy, shows itself with mental status alteration, high fever, autonomic dysfunction, and muscle rigidity. It is a rare idiosyncratic reaction with mortality risk. The etiology is still unknown. NMS-related mortality and morbidity can be decreased by cessation of the used drug and aggressive treatment. Olanzapine is a thienobenzodi...

We report on a 43-year-old patient undergoing a hysteroscopic myomectomy. After 80 minutes of operation, the patient developed laryngeal edema, requiring emergency tracheostomy. Hyponatremia (serum sodium 78 mmoL/L) indicated an irrigation fluid absorption. The patient developed shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute renal failure, and diffuse intravascular coagulopathy. Resuscitatio...

Notes: “-“ indicates not mentioned in article Therapy: HDF: hemodiafiltration; HD: hemodialysis; CAVH: continuous arteriovenovenous hemofiltration Diagnoses: TF: tibial fracture; POM: polymicrobial osteomyelitis; GD: gastric dysplasia; CD: cardiac disease; VPS: ventriculoperitoneal shunt; PD: Parkinson’s disease; P: pneumonia Vancomycin assay: EMIT: enzyme-multiplied immunoassay technique, Sylv...