Abstract

Surgical patients receive various intravenous maintenance fluids after major surgical procedures. Usually these fluids are prescribed by most junior surgical trainees with different levels of experience. We surveyed intravenous maintenance fluid therapy for post major abdominal surgery patients among surgical trainees in London, UK.

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  • Tight blood glucose (BG) control has been shown to videos of the alveolar dynamics

  • Computer-advised insulin infusion in postoperative cardiac surgery patients: a randomized prospective controlled multicenter trial quality the alveoli are observed at an open chest wall under a glass plate representing an artificial situation. To circumvent this restriction we developed a method of intravital endoscopy and tested it on an animal rat model

  • J Cordingley1, J Plank2, J Blaha3, M Wilinska4, L Chassin4, Methods In cooperation with Schoelly GmbH (Denzlingen, C Morgan1, S Squire1, M Haluzik3, J Kremen3, S Svacina3, Germany) we developed an endoscope with an outer tube diameter

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Summary

Introduction

Tight blood glucose (BG) control has been shown to videos of the alveolar dynamics. The thorax remains intact.decrease morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients [1] but is Results Figure 1 shows a tissue area after lavage of 0.8 mm difficult to achieve using standard insulin infusion protocols. Results Patient characteristics (mean ± SD): age 57.4 ± 15.4 years, 28 female, 52 male, APACHE II score 28.2 ± 6.6; number of organ failures 4.0 ± 1.12; preceding ICU period 8.5 ± 9.3 days; continuous sedation with midazolam 31.2 ± 34.2 mg/hour, fentanyl 0.12 ± 0.08 mg/hour, propofol 45.6 ± 105.2 mg/hour; sedation assessment according to RS 5.65 ± 0.63, CPS 5.15 ± 1.67, CKS 0.65 ± 0.69, CS 9.34 ± 2.13 und LSS 1.78 ± 1.69, RASS –4.50 ± 1.27, FiO2 0.52 ± 0.17, PEEP 8.2 ± 2.4 cmH2O, ventilatory frequency 20.5 ± 4.8/min, pressure control 16.8 ± 4.4 cmH2O, tidal volume 540 ± 115 ml, TVV 2525.6 ± 11,366 ml (minimum 1.52; maximum 91,586). We hypothesized that S100β levels correlate with this tumor’s preoperative characteristics and with perioperative neurological injury despite its supratentorial location and non-neural origin

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