Dear Editor, Pulmonary artery catheter is widely used in cardiovascular surgical practice. Various complications of the Swan-Ganz catheter during insertion, its long-term placement, or removal are well known since its introduction.1-5 Herein, we report a case of the inadvertent fracture of an entrapped Swan-Ganz catheter during its attempted removal with moderate external traction. A 36-year-ol...

Aims. The DQ white dwarfs are stars whose atmosphere is enriched with carbon, which for cool stars (Teff < 8000 K) is indicated by the Swan bands of C2 in the optical part of their spectra. With decreasing effective temperature these molecular bands undergo a significant blueshift (∼100–300 Å). The origin of this phenomenon has been disputed over the last two decades and has remained unknown. W...

Most literature searching in biomedicine is now conducted via PubMed, Google Scholar or other web-based bibliographic search mechanisms. Yet until now a public, open, interoperable and complete web-adapted information schema for bibliographic citations, bibliographic references and scientific discourse has not been available. Such a schema, expressed in the form of a description logic compatibl...

People with profound intellectual and multiple disability (PIMD) have a combination of severe extensive physical impairment, which limits their access to health-promoting enjoyable activities, such as dance. For people PIMD participate in dance, there is need for adjustments support. Thus, bring dance music into everyday life, the Structured Water Dance Intervention (SWAN) was developed Sweden....

This paper describes our work towards the implementation of MAD SWAN, an open-source web-based application that comprises a web service registry, an XML editor, as well as manual and automatic web service composition modules. MAD SWAN supports various stages of web service composition and tackles the inherent non-determinism of the domain.

Two patients who developed unilateral neck vein distention following insertion of a Swan-Ganz catheter are described. One patient developed unilateral swelling of the arm used for catheter insertion. Following removal of the Swan-Ganz catheter in this patient, venograms of both upper extremities revealed internal jugular vein thrombosis and subclavian vein thrombosis of the involved extremity. ...

Figure 1. Preoperative view of the left hand demonstrating swan-neck deformity of the index finger. DESCRIPTION A 34-year-old woman with cerebral palsy presented with swan-neck deformity of the left index and long fingers (Fig 1). The proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint was found locked in hyperextension, but the patient could actively flex it if the hyperextension was corrected. The patient w...

Background During pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) implantation, inaccurate measurements of hemodynamic parameters due to infection or thrombosis of PAC can result in severe complications. Method In order to develop a new PAC material, we evaluated the antibacterial and antithrombotic activities of the two types of PAC (Swan Ganz catheter and prototype catheter) in 14 pigs. Results In the 3-...