L Kramer

..Cognitive brain function, however, is subclinically impaired in relation to duration of diabetes...

..1% solution) and rinsed with phosphate buffer before use. In this study, we tested the hypothesis of systemic mercury exposure in protein A immunoadsorption...

..In conclusion, efficient extracorporeal detoxification may be an option for reversal of hyperammonaemia and refractory cerebral oedema in ecstasy/cocaine-induced acute liver failure...

..This article aims to integrate pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy and cerebral edema into a proposed future concept of liver support...

..The role of potentially confounding factors in liver support studies is discussed further...

..This study tested the hypothesis of a subclinical cognitive dysfunction in HCV-infected patients...

..The definite role of these promising developments, however, is still uncertain, emphasizing the need for large prospective multicentric investigations...

..In conclusion, a six-hour treatment with sorbent suspension dialysis did not ameliorate the clinical stage of HE but improved neurophysiologic function in cirrhotic patients who had not responded to conventional medical treatment...

..These findings support the ammonia hypothesis of HE and suggest that pNH(3) might be superior to total ammonia in the pathophysiological evaluation of HE...

..We suggest further developments in design and appropriate strategies of anticoagulation to improve the biocompatibility of artificial liver support...

..To compare the prognostic ability of sensory evoked potentials in cardiac arrest survivors with the outcome predicted by a panel of experienced emergency physicians based on detailed prehospital, clinical, and laboratory data...

..We questioned whether heavy chronic alcohol abuse influences extrahepatic organ failure and ICU mortality in cirrhotic patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit...

..To assess the validity of early sensory evoked potential (SEP) recording for reliable outcome prediction in comatose cardiac arrest survivors within 48 h after restoration of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)...

..A further subclinical deterioration of cognitive processing was observed 6 months after the TIPS. These findings demonstrate an aggravation of subclinical hepatic encephalopathy after a TIPS...

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..In conclusion, a 6-hour treatment with sorbent dialysis did not significantly influence plasma levels of amino acids and did not ameliorate the clinical grade of hepatic encephalopathy...

..This study was performed to assess the physiological and laboratory parameters which are able to identify on ICU admission the cirrhotic patients who are most likely to die...

..We hypothesized that hypoxic-ischaemic brain damage increases along the afferent sensory pathway with a stepwise decrease of detectable somatosensory evoked potential peaks...

..We also review 11 other reported cases of endoscopically and histologically diagnosed peptic ulcer penetration into the liver...

..This review will give an overview of current trends in diagnosis, treatment, and pathogenesis of ascites and intraabdominal infection in cirrhotic and noncirrhotic critically ill patients...

..The aim of this prospective, contemporary study was to objectively measure neurocognitive brain function following mechanical mitral valve replacement and mitral valve repair...

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..To assess the relative impact of fatigue and subclinical cognitive brain dysfunction on the impairment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection...

..Anti-apoptotic interventions are among the most promising pharmacological options for the near future...

..CONCLUSIONS: As shown by means of objective measures, and in comparison to nonsurgical controls, coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass grafting causes long-term neurocognitive deficit...

..Hypothermic and normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) have resulted in apparently contradictionary cardiac and neurologic outcome. Cerebrovascular risk and cognitive dysfunction associated with normothermic CPB still remain uncertain...

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..We investigated whether the severity of organ failure was associated with intracranial hypertension and evaluated the correlation between NH(3) and pNH(3) and grade of hepatic encephalopathy...

..Both genotypes do not allow for normalisation of total homocysteine plasma levels following vitamin therapy...

..Further studies are needed to clarify the potential pathologic mechanisms causing an ongoing cognitive impairment in patients with biological aortic valve prostheses...

..We investigated the incidence and prognostic implications of early hepatic dysfunction (serum bilirubin >2 mg/dL within 48 hrs of admission)...

..Metabolic consequences of citrate infusion were not different between groups in this study but may be more pronounced in prolonged infusion...

..TIPS placement caused a statistically significant increase of the hepatic arterial and total hepatic perfusion. The portal venous parenchymal perfusion remained unchanged...