Context: Tight glucose control (TGC) reduces morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing
elective cardiac surgery, but only limited data about its optimal timing are available to date. …

OBJECTIVE We performed a randomized trial to compare three insulin-titration protocols for
tight glycemic control (TGC) in a surgical intensive care unit: an absolute glucose (Matias) …

INTRODUCTION: The target of this study was to compare thromboelastography coagulation
parameters in pregnant and non-pregnant women. If appropriate, we would propose …

The aim of this study was to analyse most important epidemiological and clinical aspects of
registered snakebites caused by a native common European viper Vipera berus in the Czech …

Objective: To document an improvement in the quality of life in a group of patients with refractory
angina and videothoracoscopic sympathectomy (VTSY) during the early postoperative …

Background. Refractory angina is characterized by repeated attacks of chest pain in patients
on maximal anti-anginal pharmacotherapy, with a professional conscensus that further …

Introduction Supraventricular arrhythmias contribute to haemodynamic compromise in septic
shock. A retrospective study generated the hypothesis that propafenone could be more …

Objective The present prospective randomized trial compared surgical tracheostomy (ST) and
percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients in terms …

Objective: Standard blood flow rates for cardiopulmonary bypass have been assumed to be
the same for awake cardiac surgery with thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) as for general …

Purpose Thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) alone or combined with general anesthesia (TEA-GA)
has been assumed to improve early postoperative outcome in cardiac surgery. The …