POSITIONING OF RESUSCITATIVE ENDOVASCULAR BALLOON OCCLUSION OF THE AORTA CATHETER: A CASE OF AN ELDERLY PATIENT WITH CONCOMITANT CHEST AND PELVIC INJURY AFTER BLUNT TRAUMA

Positioning of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta Catheter: A Case of an Elderly Patient with Concomitant Chest and Pelvic Injury after Blunt Trauma

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) has been increasingly used in recent years as a resuscitative adjunct for trauma patients bicycles with life-threatening non-compressible torso hemorrhage.By blocking the aorta temporarily with an inflated balloon, REBOA preserves cerebral and coronary perfusion while diminishing exs

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Comprehensive Snake Venomics of the Okinawa Habu Pit Viper, Protobothrops flavoviridis, by Complementary Mass Spectrometry-Guided Approaches

The Asian world is Pin home to a multitude of venomous and dangerous snakes, which are used to induce various medical effects in the preparation of traditional snake tinctures and alcoholics, like the Japanese snake wine, named Habushu.The aim of this work was to perform the first quantitative proteomic analysis of the Protobothrops flavoviridis pi

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Impact of postoperative cerebral complications in acute infective endocarditis: a retrospective single-center study

Abstract Background The treatment of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) who have preoperative cerebral complications remains less understood.Therefore, this study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with acute IE based on preoperative intracranial findings.Methods Of 32 patients with acute IE treated at our ho

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The predictive role of biochemical markers on outcomes of severe COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care unit

Background: The pandemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome by coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a multi-system disease caused by a diffuse systemic process involving a complex interaction of the inflammatory, immunological and coagulative cascades.This study aims to identify the most effective biomarkers to predict poor outcome in intensive care uni

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