Venous Thrombosis Among Critically Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

This case series reports a systematic assessment of deep vein thrombosis among patients in an intensive care unit in France with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Intravenous ivabradine versus placebo in patients with low cardiac output syndrome treated by dobutamine after elective coronary artery bypass surgery: a phase 2 exploratory randomized controlled trial.

Background: Low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS) is a severe condition which can occur after cardiac surgery, especially among patients with pre-existing left ventricular dysfunction. Dobutamine, its first-line treatment, is associated with sinus tachycardia. This study aims to assess the ability of intravenous ivabradine to decrease sinus tachycardia associated with dobutamine infused for LCOS after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Evaluation of blind nasotracheal suctioning and non-bronchoscopic mini-bronchoalveolar lavage in critically ill patients with infectious pneumonia: a preliminary study.

Background: We evaluated the diagnostic performance and safety of combined blind nasotracheal suctioning and non-bronchoscopic mini-bronchoalveolar lavage (mini-BAL) to obtain respiratory secretion specimens from spontaneously breathing, non-intubated patients with infectious pneumonia in intensive care.

Methods: Patients suspected of having infectious pneumonia were included prospectively. Three samples were obtained: expectorated sputum, nasotracheal suctioning, and mini-BAL via a double telescopic catheter (Combicath).

An unusual cause of acute abdominal pain after cardiac surgery: acute epiploic appendagitis.

Abdominal complications following cardiac surgery remain unusual, but are associated with high mortality. The most common abdominal surgical complications are mesenteric ischaemia, diverticulitis, pancreatitis, gastrointestinal bleeding and cholecystitis. We describe a case of a 73-year old woman with acute abdominal pain mimicking cholecystitis on day 10 after aortic valve replacement.

Preoperative carriage and postoperative same-species sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery.

Sternal wound infection (SWI) after cardiac surgery remains an important problem. Prediction of pathogens involved in such infection could guide antibiotics. From April 1, 2006 to December 31, 2008, retrospectively, we evaluated the diagnostic value of preoperative methicillin-sensible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), methicillin-resistant S.

Prone positioning and acute respiratory distress syndrome after cardiac surgery: a feasibility study.

Objective: To determine the feasibility, safety, and efficacy on PaO(2)/F(I)O(2) ratio of prone positioning (PP) for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) after cardiac surgery.

Design: Retrospective review of information entered prospectively in the authors' database.

Setting: A private community nonteaching hospital.

Reliability of HemoCue in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.

Objective: HemoCue is routinely used to manage bleeding patients, but few studies have evaluated its accuracy in this population. We compared HemoCue with laboratory determination of blood hemoglobin in patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.

Design And Setting: A prospective observational study in a 14-bed medicosurgical ICU and an emergency department in an urban general hospital.

Pulmonary edema induced by calcium-channel blockade for tocolysis.

Nicardipine is used in the treatment of premature labor. There are no previous reports in the anesthesia literature of serious side effects associated with this drug. We report a case of pulmonary edema induced by nicardipine therapy for tocolysis in a pregnant 27-yr-old patient admitted to our hospital for preterm labor with intact membranes at 27 wk of gestation.

Evaluation of a new invasive continuous cardiac output monitoring system: the truCCOMS system.

Objective: To compare measurements of cardiac output using a new pulmonary artery catheter with those obtained using two "gold standard" methods: the periaortic transit time ultrasonic flow probe and the conventional pulmonary artery thermodilution.

Design: Prospective clinical trial.

Setting: Cardiac surgery operating room and surgical ICU in a university hospital.