This content is machine translated Thoracic surgery operations Prevention and treatment of respiratory and cardiac disorders. Any surgery can cause problems with the circulation, heart or lungs postoperatively. The prevention of such complications and their treatment is of great importance, because otherwise the perioperative risk increases… CME-Test
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Accidental hypothermia “Nobody is dead until warm and dead” Although hypothermia is a rather rare phenomenon, mortality is still relatively high today. Rapid recognition of hypothermia and adequate treatment make the difference between life and death.
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Therapy refractory heart failure Mechanical circuit support in theory and practice Patients with refractory cardiovascular failure are dependent on mechanical circulatory support. When do short-term systems such as ECMO or Impella come into play? In which cases is long-term support provided?
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated vvECMO and vaECLS Bridge-to-decision in respiratory failure and cardiogenic shock. Studies such as CESAR or SHOCK II, but also the further development of pumps, oxygenators and perfusion tubing have contributed to the fact that therapy with ECMO and ECLS has…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGK Annual Conference 2015 Acute heart failure deserves more attention At the annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology in Zurich, a main session was dedicated to acute heart failure. New findings and studies from the pharmacological field were…
