Whether cardiopulmonary bypass alone or together with the manipulation of the aorta produce neurological complication remains controversial. Using a domestic pig model of cardiopulmonary bypass, we investigated the immediate effects of aortic cannulation and cardiopulmonary bypass on neuronal injury in different brain regions. We compared the presence of neuronal injury in three experimental gr...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In thoracic irradiation, the maximum radiation dose is restricted by the risk of radiation-induced cardiopulmonary damage and dysfunction limiting tumor control. We showed that radiation-induced sub-clinical cardiac damage and lung damage in rats mutually interact and that combined irradiation intensifies cardiopulmonary toxicity. Unfortunately, current clinical practice ...

OBJECTIVE Adequate maintenance of hypnosis during anesthesia throughout surgery using sevoflurane alone was investigated. In addition, sevoflurane pharmacokinetics during cardiopulmonary bypass were analyzed. DESIGN This was a pilot pharmacokinetic study. SETTING Tertiary care university hospital. PARTICIPANTS The study comprised 10 patients aged between 18 and 75 years who underwent elec...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the public's knowledge and attitudes about cardiopulmonary resuscitation in Hong Kong. DESIGN Cross-sectional telephone survey. SETTING Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Hong Kong residents aged 15 to 64 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The knowledge and attitudes towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation. RESULTS Among the 1013 respondents, only 214 (21%) reported that they h...

background: conduct of cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) due to the higher volume of priming solution in comparison to the total blood volume in children requires careful consideration. recently attention has been focused on the potential risk of hyperkalemia in these patients. given its significant effects on cardiac rhythm, hyperkalemia is considered a medical emergency. in this cross-sectional st...

objective(s): to study the effect of cardiopulmonary bypass (cpb) on nuclear factor-kappa b (nf-кb) and cytokine expression and pulmonary function in dogs. materials and methods: twelve male mongrel dogs were divided into a methylprednisolone group (group m) and a control group (group c). all animals underwent aortic and right atrial catheterization under general anesthesia. changes in pulmonar...

conclusions: normothermia and hemodynamic stability are the most important factors which help to reduce fetal loss during open heart surgery in pregnancy. the fetus has an auto-regulation which comes into play when the mother is experiencing shock. objectives: the aim of this study was to report our experience with urgent cardiopulmonary bypass carried out in early pregnancy and to analyze fact...

introduction: hospitals are the best ground for providing health promotion and prevention services besides health care services. this study aimed to determine the impact of establishing standards of health promoting hospitals on hospitals' indicators in one of the public hospitals of iran. materials and methods: this research was a case-control study that included fatemieh (case group) and...

background: raw sewage contains various pathogenic organisms including bacteria, viruses, fungus, worms and protozoa. workers at wastewater treatment plants (wwtps) are exposed to these organisms as well as to h2s gas causing many health hazards. objectives: to assess some work-related health effects among wwtps workers with special emphasis on the most common infections as well as cardiopulmon...