Abstract Background: The cuneiform nucleus is located in the center of the circuit that mediates autonomic responses to stress. Hemorrhagic hypotension leads to chemoreceptor anoxia, which consequently results in the reduction of baroreceptor discharge and stimulation of the chemoreceptor. Objective: U...
Introducción: El carcinoma hepatocelular es un tumor hipervascular compuesto por vasos sanguíneos anormales, constituye la forma más frecuente de cáncer primario del hígado. Alrededor del 90 por ciento de estos tumores se desarrollan sobre una enfermedad hepática previa. Un aumento en la carga vas...
Objetivo: describir el caso de un paciente del Hospital de San José de Bogotá con hemorragia del tracto digestivo superior secundaria a lesión de Dieulafoy, que presentó cuadro compatible con neuropatía óptica anterior isquémica no arterítica (NOIANA). Metodología: se hace ...
In emergency settings, TIVA should be adjusted in accordance to the pharmacological changes observed in the hypovolemic patient. With the understanding that in those cases there is a decrease in drug requirements, there is a tendency to underdose these patients, increasing the possibility of awareness. V...
Resumen Objetivo Establecer la medición ecográfica del diámetro de la vena cava inferior como factor predictor del shock en pacientes politraumatizados. Materiales y Método Estudio de corte transversal donde se determinó la medición ecográfica de la vena cava inferior a 40 pacientes que ingres...
INTRODUCTION: Echocardiography represents one of the most important advances in the monitoring of critical patients. Initially available only in cardiovascular surgery, currently, there is transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and transthoracic echocardiography (ETT) in non-cardiac surgery, for anesthes...
A hipotensão arterial sistêmica é uma complicação comum na UTI neonatal e quando é refratária ao tratamento inicial com volume (nos casos de hipovolemia), catecolaminas ou corticosteróides tem taxa de mortalidade alta. A vasopressina se apresenta como tratamento a essa situação de hipotensão r...
The pathophysiological mechanisms associated with the effects of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion on cardiopulmonary function and inflammation are unclear. We developed an experimental model of homologous 14-days stored RBC transfusion in hypovolemic swine to evaluate the short-term effects of transfusio...
