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Three men (31, 34, 36 yr old) were rescued after they had drifted for 50 hours on their wrecked catamaran. While their apparent clinical condition was not worrying, besides multiple bruises, marked dehydration, epigastralgias, mild hypothermia in one patient and 50, severe biological disorders were present in all four: haemoconcentration, functional renal insufficiency, metabolic acidosis, severe rhabdomyolysis, hepatic cytolysis. After intravenous rehydration for 24 hr hydroelectrolytic and acid-base anomalies were corrected. Pathophysiology of shipwreck casualties is recalled. Initial management in ICU is necessary. Psychological and emotional aspects should not be underrated.
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PMID:[Diseases of the shipwrecked: apropos of 3 cases]. 808 31

Systemic hypothermia is used almost universally in cardiac surgery. Since 1987, 2383 patients underwent normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (NCPB, "warm body", bladder temperature 36 degrees C) with cold blood cardioplegic arrest ("cold heart", 8-14 degrees C) during myocardial revascularization. No patients were denied this technique regardless of age, condition or severity of surgery. Clinical characteristics in patients: Age range: 31-92 years, mean 66; male/female ratio 3:1; pump time (min): 23-228, mean 80; cross clamp time (min): 18-152, mean 60. One thousand, one hundred and sixty-one patients (49%) had urgent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Ejection fraction was less than 0.4 in 843 patients (30%). Thirty-day operative mortality was 1% (23/2383 patients). Postoperative complications were: perioperative myocardial infarction (35 patients) = 1.5%; postoperative bleeding requiring reexploration (33 patients) = 1.4%; stroke (22 patients) = 0.9%; mediastinal infection (24 patients) = 1%; and renal insufficiency (25 patients) = 1%. During NCPB (warm), systemic vascular resistance was extremely low, cardiac output was high and it was easier to wean patients from the pump. No patient required the intraaortic balloon pump during peri- and post-operative periods. Pulmonary complications and coagulopathy were extremely rare. These results provide reassurance that NCPB (warm) in combination with cold cardioplegic arrest provides excellent myocardial and total body protection during myocardial revascularization and is particularly suitable for high-risk patients.
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PMID:Warm body, cold heart: myocardial revascularization in 2383 consecutive patients. 828 48

Between 1975 and 1991, 142 patients with renal cell carcinoma and 10 with oncocytoma underwent a total of 164 kidney preserving operations. The indication for surgery was imperative (group 1, 47 patients) among those with a solitary kidney (9), renal insufficiency (17) or bilateral tumors (21). Of the patients with small or peripheral tumors and a healthy contralateral kidney 105 were selected for elective surgery (group 2). Most procedures were done either without ischemia (24%) or with warm ischemia (69%). In some patients from the imperative indication group hypothermia was achieved by in situ perfusion (5%) or ex vivo work bench surgery and autotransplantation (2%). Complication rates were 15% for group 1 and 9.5% for group 2. In group 1, 3 patients died of cancer, 5 lived with metastases and 2 had local tumor recurrence. No patient in group 2 had recurrences or metastases. The tumor-specific survival rate of patients with kidney preservation for renal cell carcinoma was comparable to that of a control group undergoing radical nephrectomy. Due to the high reliability and efficacy, kidney preserving surgery for renal cell carcinoma should be done more often, even in patients with a normally functioning contralateral kidney.
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PMID:Kidney preserving surgery in renal cell tumors: indications, techniques and results in 152 patients. 832 52

Wilms' tumor is an ideal model to demonstrate how multimodality treatment strategies have reduced disease mortality over the past three decades. More than 80% of all patients are currently long-term survivors. Greater understanding of biology and awareness of clinical syndromes have led to more risk-based therapies. Although routine imaging provides adequate information for staging, advanced radiographic techniques, including spiral CT scanning and enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, can delineate improved anatomic detail. Recently, parenchymal sparing operations have been undertaken as long-term renal insufficiency after nephrectomy for Wilms' tumor has been more frequently recognized. Primary chemotherapy with delayed tumor resection is increasingly advocated for patients with bilateral disease, tumors with intravascular extension, or for those whose tumors are considered "inoperable." Technical advances, including intraoperative ultrasonography, regional hypothermia, laser technology, and minimally invasive surgery, will influence future tumor resections. Nevertheless, primary nephrectomy with appropriate operative guidelines and systemic therapy remain important standards for management of sporadic unilateral Wilms' tumor.
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PMID:Current surgical management of Wilms' tumor. 881 6

Renal failure after cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is well understood for infants, children and adults. The perioperative risk factors after CPB for immature kidneys in newborns are not well known. This retrospective study investigates perioperative risk factors for renal insufficiency in neonates. I) Preoperative: Age; weight, performed angiography, amount of dye used in angiography, renal disease and creatinine. II) Intraoperative: Duration of operation, duration of MAP < 40 mmHg, use of deep hypothermia, in-out fluid balance, duration of CPB, duration of circulatory arrest and cross-clamp time. III) Postoperative: Creatinine, use of catecholamines, use of nitroglycerine (NG) or phosphodiesterase inhibitors (PDI) and additional antibiotics. From Jan. 1990 to Dec. 1994 50 neonates underwent cardiac surgery using CPB (n = 23 transposition of the great arteries; n = 4 pulmonary atresia; n = 6 critical pulmonary stenosis; n = 5 hypoplastic left heart syndrome; n = 3 Ebstein's anomaly; n = 2 interrupted arch with hypoplastic left ventricle; n = 2 single ventricle; n = 1 each: double outlet right ventricle, tricuspid atresia, critical aortic stenosis, rhabdo-myosarkoma, corrected transposition of the great arteries.) Thirty-one patients entered the study. Depending on the postoperative creatinine level two groups (group I: creatinine <1 mg/dl and group II: >1 mg/dl) were created. The diureses between the two groups did not differ. Comparing the patients of group I vs. group II, patients of group I were younger (mean age: 7.7 d. vs. 11.4 d), lighter (mean weight: 3260 g vs. 3430 g), less had angiography (44% vs. 77%), received more dye (mean amount: 14 ml vs. 7 ml), the duration of MAP < 40 mmHg while on CPB was longer (mean duration 3 min vs. 21 min), more patients were operated on using deep hypothermia (55% vs. 27%), the postoperative in-out-fluid balance was more positive (mean balance +413 ml vs. +221 ml), received postop. more frequently high doses of catocholamines and less common NG or PDI, but more often additional antibiotics. The duration of circulatory arrest (mean time: 60 min vs. 55 min) and cross clamp time (mean time: 68 min vs. 65 min) seems not to be a risk factor and vasodilators given simultaneously with catecholamines may have preventive effects on postoperative renal insufficiency. Immature kidneys may play an outstanding role in the susceptibility of damaging factors. Further investigation with a larger number of patients allowing to obtain statistical significant risk factors are required.
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PMID:Renal insufficiency in neonates after cardiac surgery. 883 54

We present the case of a patient with profound alcohol-related lactic acidosis (lactate = 16.1 mmol/L; pH = 6.67) associated with a multitude of metabolic derangements who made a remarkable recovery following aggressive management. The patient was in extremis upon arrival in the emergency department (ED), and resuscitation was begun immediately. While in the ED, the problem list generated included: acute alcohol intoxication, severe lactic acidosis, dehydration, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, acute renal insufficiency, and hepatic failure. Resuscitation continued in the intensive care unit with remarkable improvement and satisfactory outcome. In this patient, the severe lactic acidosis and associated abnormalities were all attributed to acute and chronic effects of ethanol. A brief summary of the proposed mechanism by which these metabolic derangements developed and an outline of her management follows.
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PMID:Survival from profound alcohol-related lactic acidosis. 1815 81

It is well recognized that acetaminophen overdose can cause severe hepatic injury. However, extra-hepatic manifestations may also develop following inappropriate use or ingestion of large amounts of acetaminophen. We present a 44-y-o female who manifested coma, metabolic acidosis, shock, hypothermia, hyperglycemia, rhabdomyolysis, hepatotoxicity, and renal insufficiency after suicidal ingestion of an unknown amount of acetaminophen. Although her consciousness and hemodynamic status gradually improved after treatment with N-acetylcysteine and other supportive measures, she was found to have pancytopenia, pancreatitis and hepatorenal failure during the hospitalization and eventually died 18 d post-admission. Review of relevant literature reports and the clinical findings in our patient suggests that direct toxic effects mediated by acetaminophen or its metabolites were most likely responsible for most of the observed clinical features.
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PMID:Pancytopenia, hyperglycemia, shock, coma, rhabdomyolysis, and pancreatitis associated with acetaminophen poisoning. 1175 93

A term male newborn, appropriate for gestational age, developed hypothermia, severe cardiac dysrrhythmia, and nonoliguric hyperkalemia within 24 hours of birth. Despite the prenatal identification of cystic renal dysplasia without oligohydramnios, at birth, a solitary left leg vascular hemangioma and large palpable kidneys were the only anomalies. Gradually hypotonia, lethargy, and poor feeding developed and by 20 hours of age recurrent cardiac dysrrhythmias, myocardial dysfunction, and renal insufficiency with intermittent hyperkalemia were apparent. Episodes of apnea developed on day 7 followed by respiratory failure, recurrent cardiac dysrrhythmias, and death on day 12. Eventually laboratory and autopsy findings confirmed the diagnosis of lethal neonatal carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency.
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PMID:Lethal neonatal carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency: an unusual presentation of a rare disorder. 1263 78

Electrophysiologic testing continues to play an important role in injury stratification and prognostication in patients who are comatose after cardiac arrest. As discussed previously, however, the adage about treating whole patients, not just the numbers, is relevant in this situation. EEG and SSEP can offer high specificity for discerning poor prognosis as long as they are applied to appropriate patient populations. As discussed previously, EEG and SSEP patterns change during the first hours to days after cardiac arrest and negative prognostic information should not be based solely on studies performed during the first 24 hours. Both electrophysiologic techniques also are susceptible to artifacts that may worsen the electrical patterns artificially and suggest a falsely poor prognosis. EEG is suppressed by anesthetic agents and hypothermia, both of which may produce ECS and burst suppression. Patients who experience respiratory arrest from a toxic ingestion of narcotics or barbiturates, in particular, may present with high-grade EEG patterns initially. Many patients also receive anesthetic medications at the time of tracheal intubation, which may linger beyond their normal half-life in patients who have hepatic or renal insufficiency or concurrent use of interacting medications. SSEP is much less susceptible to sedative anesthetic agents, but hypothermia is demonstrated to prolong evoked potential latencies. As therapeutic hypothermia becomes more common after cardiac arrest, the effect of temperature on electrophysiologic testing needs to be taken into account. The publications discussed previously also emphasize the need to adjust the prognostic value of electro-physiologic tests to the pretest probability of meaningful neurologic recovery in individual patients. Clearly, grade I EEG patterns and normal N20 potentials indicate a much better prognosis in patients who have a short du-ration of cardiac arrest, short duration of coma after resuscitation, and when the studies are performed within the first few days. In patients who remain in coma days after resuscitation and lack appropriate brainstem reflexes, however, even the most normal appearing electrophysiologic patterns do little to change the overall prognosis. Aside from prognostication, electrophysiologic testing holds great promise in defining the basic anatomy and physiology of coma emergence after cardiac arrest. In addition, quantitative EEG and automated evoked potentials have the potential to render these tools less subjective and arcane and more applicable for monitoring patients in the period during and immediately after resuscitation. Quantitative EEG also has great potential asa tool to define the time window for neuroprotective intervention and the means to track the response to such therapies in real time.
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PMID:Clinical neurophysiologic monitoring and brain injury from cardiac arrest. 1644 32

We analyzed our experience with warm perfusion and blood cardioplegia in pediatric surgery. Warm surgery was performed in 1400 patients. Prime and perfusate are kept at 37 degrees C before and during bypass and intermittent warm blood cardioplegia is used for myocardial protection. Analyzed parameters were: perioperative blood gas, hydric balance of cardioplegia, spontaneous resumption of rhythm after aortic unclamping, troponin I level, postoperative neurologic and renal function, duration of mechanical ventilation (five diagnostic groups), and duration of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Satisfactory gas exchange is the rule, and fluid addition is negligible during warm cardioplegia. Spontaneous resumption of sinus rhythm occurred in 99% of patients, Troponin I elevation was < 10 ng/ml in 46% of cases. Prevalence of neurologic complications (0.3%) and of renal insufficiency treated by peritoneal dialysis (0.35%) favorably compares with data reported in the literature. Average mechanical ventilation time was < 48 hours in each diagnostic group. Duration of ICU stay was < 48 hours in 86% of the 1400 patients. In our experience, normothermic surgery is an excellent alternative to hypothermia.
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PMID:Normothermic bypass in pediatric surgery: technical aspect and clinical experience with 1400 cases. 1696 54


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