Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Work Safety for Contractors in Norwegian Fish Farming.

Objective: Salmon fish farming has become a major industry in Norway, increasingly dependent on contracted maritime transport and different special services. The aim of the paper was to explore work safety for contractors in Norwegian fish farming. Previous research from other industries illustrates contractors are more susceptible to time and work pressure, have more hazardous jobs, and are more accident-prone, compared to fixed employees.

A Case Report About Cardiac Arrest After Left Ventricular Assist Device Explantation.

Hemodynamic unloading by left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) in patients with advanced heart failure can result in reverse remodeling and cardiac recovery allowing pump removal. Ventriculoplasty during explantation may cause fibrosis and ventricular scars which can provide a substrate for reentry, a common cause of ventricular arrythmias. In this case report, we describe the clinical course of a patient who suffered a cardiac arrest in the following few months after undergoing LVAD explantation because of cardiac recovery.

Acyl ghrelin increases cardiac output while preserving right ventricular-pulmonary arterial coupling in heart failure.

Aim: Acyl ghrelin increases cardiac output (CO) in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). This could impair the right ventricular-pulmonary arterial coupling (RVPAC), both through an increased venous return and right ventricular afterload. We aim to investigate if acyl ghrelin increases CO with or without worsening the right-sided haemodynamics in HFrEF assessed by RVPAC.