Thromboelastometry-guided treatment algorithm in postpartum haemorrhage: a randomised, controlled pilot trial.

Background: Postpartum haemorrhage causes significant mortality among parturients. Early transfusion of blood products based on clinical judgement and conventional coagulation testing has been adapted to the treatment of postpartum haemorrhage, but rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) may provide clinicians means for a goal-directed therapy to control coagulation. We conducted a parallel design, randomised, controlled trial comparing these two approaches.

Detection of spine structures with Bioimpedance Probe (BIP) Needle in clinical lumbar punctures.

Lumbar puncture is a relatively safe procedure, but some serious, even fatal, complications can occur. Needle guidance can increase puncture accuracy, decrease the number of attempts, and make the procedure easier. We tested the feasibility of a bioimpedance-based tissue-sensing technology for needle guidance in clinical use.

Bax and Bcl-2 are focally overexpressed in the normal epithelium of cancerous prostates.

Objective: Development of prostate cancer is connected with a disturbance of apoptosis. Prostate cancer is multifocal, suggesting that the control of apoptosis is impaired at multiple foci. We wanted to know whether apoptosis is generally disturbed in cancerous prostates and if changes in apoptotic control could be detected even in the absence of any morphologically visible changes.