Management of Onsite and Remote Communication in Oncology Hospitals: Data Protection in an Era of Rapid Technological Advances.

Modern communication and information technologies are rapidly being deployed at health care institutions around the world. Although these technologies offer many benefits, ensuring data protection is a major concern, and implementation of robust data protection measures is essential. In this context, health care providers and medical care facilities must frequently make difficult decisions and compromises between the need to provide effective medical care and the need to ensure data security and patient privacy.

TIPS creation in patients with persistent left superior vena cava.

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure that has played an important role in the treatment of acute or repeated variceal bleeding or refractory ascites. The standard venous access route for this procedure is the right jugular vein. Sometimes it is better to use the left jugular vein because of lower probability of life threatening complication or technical failure.

Bland-White-Garland syndrome in adults: sudden cardiac death as a first symptom and long-term follow-up after successful resuscitation and surgery.

Two cases (a 23-year-old man and a 33 year-old-woman) with Bland-White-Garland (BWG) syndrome (an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery) are presented. Their first symptom was survived sudden cardiac death. Both patients underwent surgical repair.

The influence of fluid and diuretic administration on the index of atrial contribution in sequentially paced patients.

Aims: To examine whether acute changes in patient hydration can change atrial contribution (AC) to circulatory function.

Methods And Results: Atrial contribution was quantified by beat-to-beat changes in the amplitude of pulse oximetry signal in 24 paced outpatients. Changes in body weight were used for assessment of changes in total body water.

Characteristics and short-term survival of individuals with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the East Bohemian region.

Aim: We describe survival after admission to hospital from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the East Bohemian region, according to the Utstein Style guidelines and have identified the main diagnosis including in those who died and had an autopsy.

Patient Group: Over a period of 29 months we used a questionnaire supplied to 24 rescue stations, to identify 718 individuals (511 men and 207 women, aged 16-97 years) with confirmed cardiac arrest who were considered for resuscitation.

Results: Out of 560 patients in whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation for OHCA of confirmed cardiac aetiology was attempted, 350 patients (62.