[Single-center retrospective analysis of extracorporal photopheresis in clinical practice : Peripheral venous compared to central venous access].

Background: Extracorporal photopheresis (ECP) was shown to be effective without severe side effects in the treatment of cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) and graft versus host disease (GvHD). However, only few studies investigated the practical aspects of ECP.

Methods: Treatment protocols of 2038 ECP procedures in 52 patients (CTCL, n = 29; GvHD, n = 15; other, n = 8) were evaluated.

Retrospective study of complete atrioventricular canal defects: Anesthetic and perioperative challenges.

Objective: The objective of this study was to highlight anesthetic and perioperative management and the outcomes of infants with complete atrioventricular (AV) canal defects.

Design: This retrospective descriptive study included children who underwent staged and primary biventricular repair for complete AV canal defects from 1999 to 2013.

Setting: A single-center study at a university affiliated heart center.

Hemopexin in severe inflammation and infection: mouse models and human diseases.

Introduction: Cell-free plasma hemoglobin is associated with poor outcome in patients with sepsis. Extracellular hemoglobin and secondarily released heme amplify inflammation in the presence of microbial TLR ligands and/or endogenous mediators. Hemopexin, a plasma protein that binds heme with extraordinary affinity, blocks these effects and has been proposed as a possible treatment approach to decrease inflammation in critically ill patients.

Outcome and incidence of re-intervention after surgical repair of tetralogy of fallot.

Objectives: Timing of primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) remains controversial. We evaluated the long-term outcome of early primary treatment strategy in a patient cohort with TOF less than eight months of age.

Methods: A group of 120 patients with TOF less than eight months of age (5 ± 2.