Your Messages Inbox
Most Viewed Abstracts
1. Report Shows Shift in Starting Salaries for Physicians 2. Taxane-based combinations as adjuvant chemotherapy of early breast cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized trials 3. Gene expression signatures, clinicopathological features, and individualized therapy in breast cancer 4. 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income 5. Paclitaxel plus bevacizumab versus paclitaxel alone for metastatic breast cancer
Your Article Summary
See Latest ArticlesPortal-systemic encephalopathy after Fontan-type operation in patient with polysplenia syndrome
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 05/27/09
Koteda Y et al. - An 18-year-old patient, who had polysplenia and single ventricle, presented with altered mental status 9 years after a Fontan-type operation and pacemaker implantation. He underwent replacement of common atrioventricular valve and aortic valve plasty 1 year previously and has been placed on multiple medications including beta-blocker for his poor ventricular function. To control blood ammonia level, the authors placed him on low protein diet, oral polymixin B, and lactulose instead of closing shunt with device.
Kenji Suda, 05/27/09
| This report indicates that there may be more patients with heterotaxy syndrome with latent portal-systemic shunt than people thought. In addition, these patients may suffer from portal-systemic encephalopathy late after Fontan-type operation because many patients with a Fontan-type operation showed early signs of liver fibrosis or real cirrhosis in later life. |
Related Articles
Metabolic Syndrome Among College Students
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 11/19/09
Relevance Score: 46%
Hand syndromes associated with diabetes: Impairments and obesity predict disability
Journal of Rheumatology, 11/10/09
Relevance Score: 46%
Common infectious agents prevalence in antiphospholipid syndrome
Lupus, 11/05/09
Relevance Score: 46%
Sleep Apnea and Psychological Functioning in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Journal of Health Psychology, 11/04/09
Relevance Score: 46%
A Prospective Investigation of Biomechanical Risk Factors for Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome: The Joint Undertaking to Monitor and Prevent ACL Injury (JUMP-ACL) Cohort
American Journal of Sports Medicine, 11/02/09
Relevance Score: 46%
Today in Cardiac Surgery...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Comparison of the Results of Aortic Valve Replacement With or Without Concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction <=30% Versus Patients With Ejection Fraction >30%
The American Journal of Cardiology, 12/17/09
Smoking Among Women Following Heart Transplantation: Should We Be Concerned
Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 12/16/09
Midterm outcomes of myocardial revascularization in children
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 12/15/09
Today in Clinical Pharmacology...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Can occlusal devices prolong the effect of botulinum toxin type A in the contouring of the lower face
European Journal of Plastic Surgery, 12/17/09
Rapid assessment and safe management of severe pulmonary hypertension with milrinone during orthotopic liver transplantation
Clinical Transplantation, 12/16/09
Effective Treatment With Low-Dose Fluvoxamine for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder After Neurosurgery: A Case Report
Clinical Neuropharmacology, 12/16/09
Today in Surgical Technique...keeping you current
Receive free subspecialty "5-minute updates" via email
Outcome of repeat hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma aged 75 years and older
Surgery, 12/19/09
Surveillance and treatment for second primary cancer in the gastric tube after radical esophagectomy
Surgical Endoscopy, 12/19/09
Ischemic conditioning shows a time-dependant influence on the fate of the gastric conduit after minimally invasive esophagectomy
Surgical Endoscopy, 12/19/09
Sponsor
Article Search
Sponsor
Sponsor