Occupational Reproductive Hazards for Female Surgeons in the Operating Room A Review

Diabetic Pathophysiology Enhances Inflammation during Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Rat Model

These data demonstrate that diabetes enhances proinflammatory cytokine release, renal damage, and pulmonary edema during ECMO in an animal model.

Different Mechanisms of Oxygenator Failure and High Plasma von Willebrand Factor Antigen Influence Success and Survival of Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

vWF:Ag levels alone cannot predict early MO failure and outcome in VV ECMO patients. Probably, the mechanism of clotting disorder in combination with the vWF:Ag level seems to be essential for clot formation within the MO. In addition, vWF:Ag levels allows the identification different patient populations In particular, WGT/high vWF:Ag represented a critically ill population with higher ECMO-associated mortality.