Abstract: The authors of the article consider the issue of employment of some treatment options for the grave forms of diphtheria and complications thereof in adult subjects to be a matter of debate and they report their experience gained with the use of rarely...
Abstract: Gas exchange values were studied in 94 patients with complicated myocardial infarction. The degree of hypoxia correlated with the severity of complications during the acute stage of disease, which coincided with disorders in the myocardial contractile...
Abstract: Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a major complication occurring in heart stroke, cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries, and heart transplantation. Reactive oxygen species generated during the reperfusion phase overwhelm the scavenging capacities of antioxidant...
Abstract: Ruptures of the tracheobronchial tree present a life-threatening situation. Nevertheless, therapy is still controversial. Though conservative treatment by antibiotics and intubation with the cuff inflated distal to the tear is favored by some authors,...
Abstract: This retrospective chart review study aimed to evaluate whether a more aggressive staged approach can reduce morbidity and mortality following post-cardiotomy deep sternal wound infection. Between 1979 and 2000, 14620 patients underwent open heart surgery:...
Abstract: Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor that upregulates adhesion molecules ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and ELAM-1. We hypothesized the use of ex vivo pressure-mediated delivery of transcription factor decoys (TFD) to NF-kappaB binding sites would...
Abstract: The cardiovascular effects of hyperbaric (3 atm abs) air, 100% oxygen, and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) at 3 atm abs were investigated in 13 pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs. We measured heart rate, arterial pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, right atrial...
Abstract: The aim of this work was to investigate in the rat the protective effect of an oral administration (one week) of Panax ginseng (PG) extract (10 mg/ml in drinking water; 1.6 g/kg/day) on myocardial post-ischemic damage induced by hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and...
Abstract: The goal of this study is to determine the effects of ex vivo hyperbaric pressure administration of AS-ICAM-1 ODN and systemic anti-LFA-1 mAb treatment on reperfusion injury in the rat cardiac allograft model. A PVG to ACI functional heterotopic rat heart...
Abstract: The study concerned the possibility of using echocardiography after hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO2) to detect viable myocardium. Results were compared with dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE). Seventeen patients with left ventricular dysfunction were...
