Abstract

The effects of diaspirin crosslinked hemoglobin (DCLHb) on oxygenation, perfusion and resuscitation: preclinical experience

Highlights

  • Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of septic shock and multiorgan failure

  • Prospective, longitudinal, descriptive cohort study with no therapeutic interventions in which participated 63 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with the clinical diagnosis of severe sepsis (21) or septic shock (42) [3] and 10 healthy adults that served as controls

  • This study shows for the first time that preoperative measurement of C-reactive protein (CRP) may offer a useful, predictive marker in risk stratification for postoperative infections in patients scheduled for cardiac surgery

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Introduction

Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are known to be involved in the pathogenesis of septic shock and multiorgan failure. Conclusions: The combination of these two new and not very well known techniques, TGI and BIPAP, were useful in avoiding the adverse effects of high pressures and volumes to counteract the effects of high arterial CO2 levels in patients with limited cardio-circulatory status and acute or chronic lung and cerebral diseases In this small sample, considering the influence of time in the reduction of PACO2 and in the increase of pH values, the best moment to verify the response of TGI is beyond 60 min. Methods: 24 critically ill, MV patients (mean APACHE II score: 21, mean age 64 ± 14 yrs, 15 men), hospitalized in a medical intensive care unit, were prospectively included for 24-h esophageal pH and duodenogastroesophageal reflux (DGER) studies (Digitrapper III pH-meter and fiber-optic sensor for the presence of bilirubin, Bilitec 2000, Synectics, Sweden) with single sensors placed 5 cm proximal to the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) and instrumented with a nasogastric tube. Discussion and conclusion: The comparisons between institutions must be corrected for several factors: variations in casemix, patients co-morbidites, status of previous disease, delays in referral, social factors and access to

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