Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin
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Infusionsther Transfusionsmed · Dec 1995
Comparative StudyComparison of calculated and measured mixed venous oxygen saturation in critically ill patients.
According to the Fick principle the calculation of cardiac output and shunts is based on the exact determination of oxygen saturation. In this study an intraindividual comparison of two frequently applied methods was done. ⋯ Especially when handling with lower oxygen saturations, calculation of saturation with an automatic gas analyzer leads to overestimated values. The Fick principle can only be applied for hemodynamic calculations when oxygen saturation can be determined by an easy and correct method.
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Infusionsther Transfusionsmed · Dec 1995
[Establishing a quality assurance system in transfusion medicine exemplified by the Heidelberg University Blood Bank].
The 'Zweite Verordnung zur Anderung der Betriebsverordnung für pharmazeutische Unternehmer vom 13. Juli 1994' requires a quality assurance system for the manufacturing of blood products. ⋯ The concept underlying the quality assurance system of the university blood bank at Heidelberg allows continuous quality improvement in transfusion medicine; moreover, it offers the chance to integrate quality assurance in transfusion medicine in an interdisciplinary, patient-orientated, not only regional concept of quality assurance.
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Infusionsther Transfusionsmed · Oct 1995
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialBenefits of early postoperative enteral feeding in cancer patients.
To evaluate the effect of the early postoperative administration of an enriched enteral diet in cancer patients. ⋯ These data are suggestive of an improvement of the nutritional and immunologic status and clinical outcome in cancer patients who receive an enriched enteral diet in the early postoperative course.
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Infusionsther Transfusionsmed · Oct 1995
Case Reports[Changes in hemostasis during orthotopic liver transplantation and massive transfusion: a case report].
Changes in hemostasis during orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and an intraoperative bleeding complication requiring massive transfusion are discussed. ⋯ During OLT, clinically relevant changes in hemostasis can occur suddenly. Therefore. a close perioperative monitoring of primary and secondary coagulation is mandatory.
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Infusionsther Transfusionsmed · Oct 1995
Changes in the initial distribution volume of glucose and plasma volume following volume challenge in dogs.
This study aimed to test the hypothesis that the initial distribution volume of glucose (IDVG) is correlated with plasma volume determined by indocyanine green (ICG) following colloidal fluid challenges. The IDVG was also compared with cardiac output (CO) as measured by the conventional thermodilution method. ⋯ The IDVG correlates with plasma volume following volume challenge in dogs. CO did not show a consistent change following volume challenge. The IDVG may have the potential as an indicator to presume the fluid volume in the body, even though the IDVG cannot be used directly to estimate plasma volume.