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S Olivero

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[Use of the computer in intensive care. A program for instruction and diagnosis of changes in acid-base equilibrium].

A method for assessing the acid-base balance in patients admitted to the Intensive Care Department, making use of the Graphic Display option of a minicomputer is presented. Patient condition can be plotted on present graphs whose coordinates are the pH and PACO2 measured at successive moments. It is thus possible to visualise the behavior of acid-base balance over a period, as well as the extent of renal or respiratory compensation. The data relating to a group of patients are reported by way of illustration.

Acid-Base Equilibrium↗
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[Intraoperative choledochoscopy].

Intraoperative choledochoscopy is examined and the instruments mostly employed for this purpose are described, with particular reference to the Olympus CHF B2, and personal modifications to the same, as used in the present study. The indications for the examination and the technique required are explained. It is especially useful in diseases of the bile ducts, and superior to cholangiography, which often fails to diagnose intrahepatic calculosis and small, multicentered tumours. A series of images relating to calculosis of the bile ducts, biliary neoplasia, the choledochus in lesions of the head of the pancreas, and the normal appearance of the bile ducts is presented.

Bile Duct Neoplasms↗
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[Problems in emergency surgery. Massive pulmonary embolism. Clinical and diagnostic aspects].

In spite of the many advances in diagnosis, pulmonary embolism is still hard to identify, one problem stemming from the similarity of its clinical signs with heart and lung conditions. The present study was carried out on 17 patients affected by massive pulmonary embolism. Clinical aspects and diagnostic problems are discussed, with particular regard to the data supplied by chest X-ray, catheterism of the right cardiac cavities and angiopneumographic investigation.

Aged↗
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Hemostatic efficacy and safety of TachoComb in surgery. Ready to use and rapid hemostatic agent.

TachoComb is a new, ready-to-use hemostatic agent consisting of a collagen sheet coated on one side with human fibrinogen, bovine thrombin, and bovine aprotinin. The product was used in 125 surgical operations (vascular, hepatic, urological and ENT) in which secondary hemostasis was required. It was placed over the cut surface or over the edges of the wound. The investigating surgeons expressed their opinion on the intra- and postoperative hemostatic efficacy, and routine laboratory tests were done postoperatively. TachoComb had good hemostatic efficacy in 67.2% of cases, and very good in 22.4%. No noteworthy systemic changes were observed. As an adjuvant to obtain complete hemostasis in surgery, TachoComb is effective, practical and quick to use, and is very well tolerated.

Adolescent↗
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[Problems in emergency surgery: acute mesenteric vascular occlusion].

Twenty-one cases of acute mesenteric occlusion are presented. Stress is laid on the difficulty of reaching a diagnosis in time to enable disobstruction to be carried out. In the reported series, diagnosis was established 1-8 days after the onset of symptoms. When radical surgery was performed (extensive resection occasionally coupled with right hemicolectomy), postoperative mortality was high and transit and nutritional problems brought about by the shortness of the residual gut were encountered.

Acute Disease↗