Acute Mesenteric Infarction: The Chameleon of Acute Abdomen Evaluating the Quality of the Diagnostic Parameters in Acute Mesenteric Ischemia.

Introduction/objective: Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is difficult to diagnose. Since the established parameters have low sensitivity and specificity, the aim of this study is to analyze the diagnostic quality of the established parameters of AMI.

Methods: All patients that underwent emergency surgery due to suspected diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf between 2008 and 2014 were evaluated.

Antibiotic sensitivity in correlation to the origin of secondary peritonitis: a single center analysis.

Despite improvements in diagnosis, intensive-care medicine and surgical technique, the mortality of patients with secondary peritonitis is still high. Early and aggressive empiric antibiotic treatment has strong impact on the outcome. This retrospective study investigates bacterial and fungal pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity in patients with secondary peritonitis.

[Pharmacological prophylaxis of thromboembolism in daily clinical practice: Evaluation of the clinical decision-making process].

Background: Considering the amount of national and international scientific evidence regarding the use of anticoagulants in the periprocedural prevention of thromboembolism, the decision-making process when prescribing anticoagulants is complex. Due to frequent prescriptions for inpatients, the topic is of high significance. This decision-making process in our hospital is the main focus of the study.

Microbial findings, sensitivity and outcome in patients with postoperative peritonitis a retrospective cohort study.

Background: Acute postoperative peritonitis resulting from previous abdominal surgery is still a severe and potentially fatal disease, which is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The aim of the present study was to evaluate patients' outcome after postoperative peritonitis and identify the most effective empiric antibiotic regimes.

Methods: 422 patients with acute postoperative peritonitis as a result to earlier abdominal operation (e.

Syncope as a health risk for soldiers - influence of medical history and clinical findings on the sensitivity of head-up tilt table testing.

Background: Syncope is a relevant health problem in military environments. Reliable diagnosis is challenging. Tilt table testing is an important tool for syncope diagnosis.

Ventilation therapy for patients suffering from obstructive lung diseases.

Severe bronchial obstruction due to one of the major pulmonary diseases: asthma, COPD, or emphysema often requires mechanical ventilation support. Otherwise, patients are at risk of severe hypooxygenation with consecutive overloading and dilatation of the right cardiac ventricle with subsequent failure. This review focuses on how to manage a calculated ventilation therapy of patients suffering from bronchial obstruction and relevant patents.