COMPARISON OF PRE-FILTER AND POST-FILTER IONISED CALCIUM MONITORING IN CONTINUOUS VENO-VENOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION (CVVHD-F) WITH CITRATE ANTI-COAGULATION.

BackgroundIt is widespread practice during citrate anticoagulated renal replacement therapy to monitor circuit ionised calcium (iCa2+) to evaluate the effectiveness of anticoagulation.Whether the optimal site to sample the blood path is before or after the haemofilter is a common question.MethodsUsing a prospectively collected observational dataset

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary disease characterized by the progression of respiratory disorders, especially in adult patients.The purpose of the study was to identify volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as predictors of respiratory dysfunction, chronic respiratory infections of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Burkholderia cepaci

Marcus W Wiedmann,1,2 Joachim Mössner2 1Department of Internal Medicine I, St Mary's Hospital, Shooting Seats Berlin, Germany; 2Division of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Neurology and Dermatology, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany Abstract: Esophageal cancer comprises two different histological f

In September 2019, the Democratic Republic of the Congo implemented a new policy abolishing tuition fees in primary education.A few months later, schools closed for 4.5 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.How did the lockdown affect the implementation of the free education policy? Did it reduce or enhance its effects? This article examines the expe