Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia
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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2011
Zero mortality of continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration with PMMA hemofilter after pediatric cardiac surgery.
Continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration (CVVH) is used as one of the modalities of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in pediatric intensive units. The aim of our study was to investigate the use of CVVH in small children with acute renal failure (ARF) after cardiac surgery. ⋯ Continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration with PMMA-CVVH without ECMO achieved a surprisingly Zero mortality.
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Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jan 2011
Extent of lung resection in non-small lung cancer with interlobar lymph node involvement.
Optimal resection type for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with interlobar lymph node involvement (ILNI) has seldom been reported. To completely resect a NSCLC with ILNI, some surgeons believe that a pneumonectomy is needed. ⋯ Pneumonectomy was not necessary in patients with NSCLC and interlobar lymph node involvement that we had discovered intraoperatively.