Brain Death Donors on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support.

Objectives: We investigated donors with brain death on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support, a clinically challenging situation due to hemodynamic instability frequently encountered in these donors, which may threaten organ function.

Materials And Methods: We described our experience with 15 utilized brain death donors on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support, consecutively admit-ted in our intensive care unit (which is a referral center for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) from 2018 to 2023. We investigated whether utilization rate for brain death donors on extracor-poreal membrane oxygenation was affected by the introduction of a monitoring hemodynamic schedule during the 6-hour observation period.

An effective solution to boost generation from waves: Benefits of a hybrid energy storage system integration to wave energy converter in grid-connected systems.

Wave energy represents one of the most promising renewable energies due to its great theoretical potential. Nevertheless, the electrical compliance of grid-connected systems is a great issue nowadays, due to the highly stochastic nature of wave energy. In this paper, a Hybrid Energy Storage System (HESS) consisting of a Li-ion battery and a flywheel is coupled to a Wave Energy Converter (WEC) that operates in grid connected mode.

Active Donor Management Goals in Serial Donors After Brain Death.

Objectives: Management of potential organ donors is crucial in the donation process, considering that hemodynamic instability is quite common.

Materials And Methods: In the this single-center retrospective observational study, we analyzed 87 utilized brain death donors consecutively admitted to our intensive care unit from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2022. We assessed the achievement of donor management goals during the observation period, and we also evaluated whether the achieve-ment of donor goals differed between younger and older donors (arbitrary age cutoff of 65 years).

Design of the Lanthanum hexaboride based plasma source for the large plasma device at UCLA.

The Large Plasma Device (LAPD) at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) produces an 18 m long, magnetized, quiescent, and uniform plasma at a high repetition rate to enable studies of fundamental plasma physics. Here, we report on a major upgrade to the LAPD plasma source that allows for more robust operation and significant expansion of achievable plasma parameters. The original plasma source made use of a heated barium oxide (BaO) coated nickel sheet as an electron emitter.

Haemodynamic management in brain death donors: Influence of aetiology of brain death.

Background: In brain death donors (BDDs), donor management is the key in the complex donation process. Donor management goals, which are standards of care or clinical parameters, have been considered an acceptable barometer of successful donor management.

Aim: To test the hypothesis that aetiology of brain death could influence haemody namic management in BDDs.