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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is inflammation of the pancreas that can become a fatal disease or lead to severe complications . It is characterized clinically by abdominal pain and by increased pancreatic enzyme levels in the blood or urine. Gallstone migration and alcohol abuse are the two major risk
Previous publications demonstrated that about 35% to 40% of patients hospitalized with Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) have some degree of renal dysfunction. On the other hand, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not only associated to worse prognosis in ACS patients, but leads also to an increased risk
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of substantial mortality and morbidity from thromboembolism, heart failure (HF), and cognitive dysfunction. With the aging of the population and improved survival after myocardial infarction and HF, AF is emerging as a major public health
Elective liver resection is performed mainly for benign and malignant liver tumors. The malignant tumors may arise primarily within the liver (hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma) or represent metastases from malignancies of other organs. During hepatic resection, the risk of severe
Volatile anaesthetics including sevoflurane, desflurane, and isoflurane are often used during general anaesthesia for caesarean delivery. The cost effectiveness of isoflurane anaesthesia1 for caesarean delivery is widely used at many centres including the authors' centre, where general anaesthesia
Adverse clinical outcomes are reduced when critically ill patients are only transfused if their hematocrit drops below 21%: Hematocrit (HCT) is a measure of the severity of anemia. A HCT is considered normal if it ranges between 38 and 48% of total blood volume. In critically ill patients anemia is
Low cardiac output syndrome (LCOs) is a serious complication in critically ill patients or those undergoing major surgery, resulting in multiple organ damage with significant in-hospital and long-term morbidity and mortality, as well as prolonged hospital stay. In this setting the mortality rate is