European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
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Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg · Oct 1998
Multicenter StudyICU protocol may affect the outcome of non-elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
To compare the outcome of patients undergoing non-elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair at two hospitals under the care of a single vascular surgeon. ⋯ The outcome at both hospitals is at least as good as other reported series, but it is interesting to note that the hospital which used less pulmonary artery catheters and less intervention (in the form of colloid and inotropes) showed a reduced mortality. These data may be important in assessing the different therapeutic strategies employed postoperatively in the ICU.
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Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg · Oct 1998
Monitoring of evoked potentials during spinal cord ischaemia: experimental evaluation in a rabbit model.
Somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs), spinal evoked potentials (Spinal-EPs), and motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) were monitored in a rabbit model of spinal cord ischaemia to evaluate their accuracy and relationship to clinical status. ⋯ SEPs and Spinal-EPs cannot be used as safe monitors of ischaemia of the spinal cord. High spine MEPs evoked by twitch stimulation was the most useful for real-time evaluation of spinal cord ischaemia, and the best predictor of neurologic outcome during reperfusion.
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Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg · Sep 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialLength of hospital stay following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. U.K. Small Aneurysm Trial Participants.
To investigate factors associated with a prolonged hospital stay after elective open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. ⋯ Conditional logistic regression analysis identified only preoperative lung function (FEV1 and FVC) and physical functioning, three intrinsically linked factors, as predictors of length of hospital stay after elective repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.