[COMPREHENSIVE PROPHYLAXIS OF EARLY THROMBOEMBOLISM AND HEMORRHAGE AFTER LARGE JOINT ENDOPROSTHETIC SURGERY].

We examined 160 patients treated by endoprosthetic surgery of hip, knee, shoulder and elbow joints. 80 patients received i/v injections of 250 mg tranexam 30 min before and 4 hr after surgery. 220 mg ofpradax was given within 10-12 hr after surgery and thereafter on a daily basis.

Lipoma of the diaphragm: a rare presentation.

Lipoma of the diaphragm is an extremely rare entity. A 67-year-old asymptomatic man who had a tumor located in the posterior region of the left hemi-diaphragm is presented. The tumor was removed through a left mini-thoracotomy.

The effects of modified hemofiltration on inflammatory mediators and cardiac performance in coronary artery bypass grafting.

Cardiopulmonary bypass increases the blood levels of various immune mediators, thereby leading to a systemic inflammatory response syndrome, e.g. sepsis, with some hemodynamic alterations, such as vasodilatation, tachycardia, and a decrease in systemic vascular resistance.