Publications by authors named "Ferdinand Polak"
Purpose: During an outbreak of mass methanol poisoning in the Czech Republic in 2012-2014, we compared the total hospital costs and one-year medical costs in the patients treated with different antidotes (fomepizole versus ethanol) and modalities of hemodialysis (intermittent hemodialysis, IHD, versus continuous renal replacement therapy, CRRT).
Methods: Cross-sectional study in 106 patients with confirmed diagnosis treated in 30 ICU settings. For each patient, the following data were analyzed: admission laboratory data, GCS, PSS, ICU length of stay, organ failures, treatment, outcome, and total hospital costs.
Purpose: To determine bioenergetic gain of 2 different citrate anticoagulated continuous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) modalities and a heparin modality.
Materials And Methods: We compared the bio-energetic gain of citrate, glucose and lactate between 29 patients receiving 2.2% acid-citrate-dextrose with calcium-containing lactate-buffered solutions (ACD/Ca(plus)/lactate), 34 on 4% trisodium citrate with calcium-free low-bicarbonate buffered fluids (TSC/Ca(min)/bicarbonate), and 18 on heparin with lactate buffering (Hep/lactate).
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how citrate anticoagulation affects the delivery of metabolic substrates in patients, comparing those using acid-citrate-dextrose (ACD) with those on unfractionated heparin.
- Results show that citrate levels were similar between different dialysis techniques, and the systemic loads of lactate and glucose were also comparable across groups.
- The findings suggest that ACD may provide a notable amount of metabolic substrates, and that the measurement of unmeasured anions can help predict citrate delivery during treatment.
Introduction: The target of this study was to compare thromboelastography coagulation parameters in pregnant and non-pregnant women. If appropriate, we would propose recommendations for new reference ranges for pregnant women in their third trimester.
Materials And Methods: Prospective observational study, comparing, by using thromboelastography, the blood samples of 60 healthy women in third trimester of pregnancy (group GRAV) to the samples of the control group of 43 healthy non-pregnant fertile women (group NON-GRAV).