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Sixth Hour (sixth + hour)
Selected AbstractsThawed cryoprecipitate stored for 6 h at room temperature: a potential alternative to factor VIII concentrate for continuous infusionHAEMOPHILIA, Issue 6 2004L. M. B. Pesquera-Lepatan Summary., Continuous infusion (CI) of factor VIII concentrates has been demonstrated to be cost-effective method in maintaining stable levels of FVIII activity in haemophilia A patients with major bleeding or undergoing major surgery. Cryoprecipitates remain the major source of FVIII in developing countries-like the Philippines because of limited availability and high cost of concentrates. To support the use of cryoprecipitate as alternative to FVIII concentrate for CI in centres with no factor concentrates, FVIII levels in 37 bags of random cryoprecipitate were measured at 0, 2, 4 and 6 h after thawing, kept at room temperature with bacteriological culture studies performed on the sixth hour. The mean FVIII content at hour 0 was 108.10 U per bag. Type ORh+ blood had lower FVIII content (±78.91 U per bag) compared with blood types ARh+ (±121.64 U per bag) and BRh+ (±117.04 U per bag). The units stored <6 months had higher FVIII content (±117.74 U per bag) compared with those stored for over 6- but <12-months (±66.77 U per bag). The mean rate of decline of FVIII activity at 2, 4 and 6 h was statistically significant at 10.35% (P = 0.000), 21.49% (P = 0.000) and 29.41% (P = 0.000) from baseline, respectively, using the paired t-test. Similar finding was found across different blood types and storage duration. Only one of 37 bags grew Staphylococcus aureus on day 10 of incubation. [source] Left Ventricular Rhabdomyoma With Severe Left Ventricular Outflow Tract ObstructionJOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, Issue 5 2007Ali Sarigul M.D. Rhabdomyomas are the most common tumors in this group of patients. We herein report a 40-day-old male patient with left ventricular rhabdomyoma. The tumor caused syncope attack and supraventricular tachycardia. An emergency operation was planned and the life-threatening lesion was excised via left ventriculotomy. The patient was extubated on postoperative sixth hour and discharged from hospital on the sixth day of the postoperative period without any problem. This successful operation encourages us not to hesitate to perform an operation in newborns with cardiac neoplasms causing hemodynamic instability. [source] Successful Use of Levosimendan in a Patient During Cardiopulmonary BypassJOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, Issue 2 2007Erkan Iriz M.D. Positive inotropic support is routinely used for weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass circulation in patients with reduced left ventricular function. This case report represents the successful usage of LS for weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass circulation after coronary artery bypass surgery. Levosimendan infusion was started at the sixth hour of cardiopulmonary bypass circulation. There was a dramatic increase in cardiac output 20 minutes after LS infusion, and weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass circulation was achieved. We suggest that LS enhances cardiac performance during and after cardiopulmonary bypass, and can be useful for patients who are unable to be weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass. [source] Dynamics of Mast Cells in Lymph Node Following Antigenic StimulationANATOMIA, HISTOLOGIA, EMBRYOLOGIA, Issue 1 2004D. O. Dabak Summary Dynamics of mast cells in rat cervical lymph nodes were examined using conventional histological techniques after injection of Salmonella paratyphi B-H antigen. There was no significant change in the number of mast cells at sixth hour and on the first day of stimulation compared with the controls. The number of mast cells was increased in all lymph node compartments on the second day of stimulation, which continued in the following 3 days. On the eighth day of stimulation, although the mast cell number decreased in the subcapsular area, it was still high in the paracortical area and medullary sinuses of the lymph nodes. On the second day of stimulation, the mast cell number was apparently increased in the subcapsular area than those of the other compartments. In the following days of stimulation, the highest number of mast cells was seen in the medullary sinuses. The highest paracortical mast cell number was determined on the third day of stimulation and some mast cells were observed near the high endothelial venules (HEVs). The changes of mast cell number among the lymph node compartments after antigenic stimulation support the hypothesis that the migration of mast cells occurred. This migration pattern indicates that mast cells enter the lymph node via afferent lymphatics and migrate to the lymph node compartments following antigenic stimulation. [source] | ||||||||||