Case Report: Traumatic cardiac arrest due to pericardial tamponade: successful pericardiocentesis with a Shaldon catheter.

In this report, we describe the successful resuscitation of a 4-year-old child who suffered a traumatic cardiac arrest during a routine procedure in the operating room. The diagnosis of a sanguineous pericardial tamponade was made by emergency ultrasonography. Consecutive subxiphoid pericardiocentesis with an adult Shaldon catheter led to return of spontaneous circulation.

An unusual presentation of invasive Fusarium aortitis in a patient who is immunocompromised: A case report.

Fusarium (F.) species are ubiquitous filamentous fungi that may cause various opportunistic infections, especially in patients who are immunocompromised. A rare manifestation of disseminated fusariosis affects the aortic valve and results in invasive aortitis, which poses a significant challenge for clinicians in diagnosis and treatment.

Hemoadsorption treatment with CytoSorb in patients with extracorporeal life support therapy: A case series.

Introduction: Extracorporeal life support is an increasingly used technique for respiratory and cardiocirculatory support. Besides primary organ dysfunction, an excessive systemic hyperinflammatory response can be the underlying cause for acute organ failure necessitating extracorporeal life support therapy, or it may be associated with the extracorporeal life support itself. Controlling this overwhelming inflammatory response using CytoSorb hemoadsorption has been shown to be associated with improved hemodynamics and restored metabolic balance resulting in preserved organ functions.

[Intrahepatic Hematoma and Pulmonary Embolism in a Young Woman with Oral Contraceptives Complicated by Type II Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia Requiring ECMO-Therapy: a Case Report].

A 46-year-old woman on oral contraceptives developed an intrahepatic hematoma due to a benign hepatic tumor. As an incidental finding, a computed tomography showed a pulmonary embolism. Unfractionated heparin was given in a prophylactic dosing in an attempt to balance the risk of further intrahepatic bleeding with that of thrombosis.

Assessment and pathophysiology of pain in cardiac surgery.

Analysis of the problem of surgical pain is important in view of the fact that the success of surgical treatment depends largely on proper pain management during the first few days after a cardiosurgical procedure. Postoperative pain is due to intraoperative damage to tissue. It is acute pain of high intensity proportional to the type of procedure.