The Korean journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Aug 2014
Analysis of the effect of renal replacement therapy: in the prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients.
This paper aimed to verify the effects of renal replacement therapy on changing the levels of serum creatinine for different veno-arterial and veno-venous configurations in prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients. ⋯ For ECMO insertion patients whose pump time was more than 1,440 minutes, there was a significant change in the level of serum creatinine when renal replacement therapy was not done, for the veno-arterial configuration of group I.
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Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Aug 2014
Case ReportsDedifferentiated chondrosarcoma of the rib masquerading as a giant chest wall tumor in a teenage girl: an unusual presentation.
Chondrosarcoma of the chest wall is a rare primary neoplasm found to occur in elderly men. Patients present with an enlarging, painful, anterior chest wall mass arising from either the vicinity of the costochondral junction or the sternum. Treatment includes wide resection with appropriate chest wall reconstruction. We report an unusual presentation of this uncommon tumor occurring as a huge chest wall mass in a young teenage girl.