[Prolonged mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation].

Efficient cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) contributes to improved outcome after cardiac arrest. New mechanical devices improve cardiac output. We present a case-report with a male patient who was admitted after 55 minutes of out-of-hospital CPR which was followed by 45 minutes of in-hospital CPR with a mechanical device (LUCAS).

[Complications after spinal analgesia using three different spinal needles: Sprotee, Spinocan and Atraucan].

In this prospective, randomised study 197 patients aged below 40 years received spinal analgesia using one of the following needles: Sprotte G24, Spinocan G27 or Atraucan G26. The incidence of insufficient or failed analgesia and difficulties handling the needles were noted. Patients were interviewed within three weeks after anaesthesia so as to establish the incidence of postoperative complications including post-dural puncture headache (PDPH).

The acute effects of FK-506 on renal haemodynamics, water and sodium excretion and plasma levels of angiotensin II, aldosterone, atrial natriuretic peptide and vasopressin in pigs.

FK-506 has been shown to be an effective immunosuppressive drug with possible nephrotoxic side effects. In this study we have investigated the acute effects of FK-506 on renal haemodynamics, water, sodium and lithium excretion rates and plasma levels of angiotensin II, aldosterone, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and vasopressin in 29 anaesthetized Lancaster/Yorkshire female pigs. A continuous intravenous infusion was given over a 2-h period to 4 groups: A: 0.

Effects of rapamycin on renal hemodynamics, water and sodium excretion, and plasma levels of angiotensin II, aldosterone, atrial natriuretic peptide, and vasopressin in pigs.

We have investigated the acute effects of rapamycin on renal hemodynamics, water, sodium and lithium excretion rates, and plasma levels of angiotensin II, aldosterone, atrial natriuretic peptide and vasopressin in 34 Lancaster/Yorkshire female pigs, a breed that has a renal structure/function resembling that of the human kidney. Three different dosages were given over a 1-hr period: dose A, 0.1 mg/kg (n = 8); dose B, 0.