... correlation of the
Commentary
Pulmonary artery catheters in acute heart failure: end of an era?
Christopher Vernon and Charles R Phillips
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical ... PAC is probably no longer warranted in
AHF and many other conditions. It appears that a grand
chapter in the intensive care medicine story may be coming
to an end....
... correlation of the
Commentary
Pulmonary artery catheters in acute heart failure: end of an era?
Christopher Vernon and Charles R Phillips
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical ... PAC is probably no longer warranted in
AHF and many other conditions. It appears that a grand
chapter in the intensive care medicine story may be coming
to an end....
... other hand, TEE and
transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) are increasingly used
for diagnostic and hemodynamic assessment and in critically
ill patients, allowing noninvasive estimation of PAOP by
Doppler ... less than 18 mmHg, if measured, supports
criteria for the definition of acute respiratory distress
syndrome and acute lung injury.
Clinical and radiological estimation of PAOP...
... in
the present study.
The mechanisms involved in regulating PRG4 expression and
synthesis remain largely unknown. Increased catabolic path-
ways are present in OA, and the inflammatory cytokine ... preparations and helped draft the manuscript. DS
was involved in the conception and design of the study and in
the interpretation of the data, and critically revised the manu-
script...
... Guidelines endorsed by the European
Respiratory Society and European Society of Intensive
Care Medicine [7] conclude that, as a general rule, NIV
not be recommended as an alternative to invasive ...
non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in severe in uenza A
(H1N1)v. e use of NIV in hypoxemic respiratory failure
is controversial, and the etiology of hypoxemia appears to
be an...
... of gauze packing
for bleeding from the right pulmonary artery that
occurred during a mediastinoscopy resulted in a 4-cm
long laceration of the artery that required an additional
thoracotomy and ... additional
surgical incision for definitive control and reported sev-
eral cases of bleedi ng from the pulmonary artery. In the
present case, an injury to the pulmonary artery...
... secondary
to splenic vein thrombosis treated by splenic artery embolization. Successful embolization was performed by
depositing coils into the splenic artery resulting in cessation of variceal ... by endoscopy. In the worst cases, an emergency splenectomy may be required to stop variceal
bleeding.
Case presentation: We report the case of a 60-year-old Caucasian woman with bleed...
... present
study was designed to analyze the pulmonary markers of
PAH including the pulmonary expression of k ey pro-
teins of the disease, K
V
currents, vascular reactivity of
PA, and right ventricular hypertrophy ... TA, Hall LD,
Huang CL: Non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging assessment of
myocardial changes and the effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme
inhibition in diabet...
... study, and participated in its design and statis-
tical analysis. SED conducted patient monitoring and data
analysis. DD participated in the design of the study and statis-
tical analysis, and ... draft the manuscript. CSVB par-
ticipated in data analysis. GPPS participated in study
coordination and data analysis. CRRC participated in the
design and coordination of the study, an...
... test, and power of
80%. Differences of more than 5 points
are considered clinically and socially
relevant, according to the guidelines for
the interpretation of the survey.
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Analysis
Baseline ... Com-
pany, New York, NY (Dr Friedewald); and The Mount
Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY (Dr Siu).
Corresponding Author and Reprints: Mary O. Mun-
dinger, DrPH, Columbia University School o...