Maternal Mortality: 10 Year Experience of a Tertiary Center in Turkey by Erdem Fadiloglu, Canan Unal, Atakan Tanacan, Serpil Ocal, Banu Kilicaslan, Seda Banu Akinci, Arzu Topeli, M. Sinan Beksac

“…Maternal mortality causes were cardiopulmonary failure secondary to veno-occlusive disease, septic shock secondary to osteosarcoma, pulmonary thromboembolism secondary to metastatic breast cancer, septic shock secondary to cholecystitis, and postpartum hemorrhage secondary to Niemann–Pick disease. …”
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Guidance for Rehabilitation Patients with COVID-19 Discharged from Hospital with Integration of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine by Jing ZHOU, Yangpu ZHANG, Yujun LUO, Ziying CHEN, Qin LUO, Yan ZHAO, XIAWenguang

“…Before the treatment, the patients need a comprehensive rehabilitation assessment, including respiratory function, cardiopulmonary function, physical function, psychological function and the ability of daily activities. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of gastroduodenal ulcer bleeding: a single-centre experience in Lithuania by Pavel Petrik, Saulė Brašiškienė, Eglė Petrik

“…Conclusions : Management of peptic ulcer bleeding should aim at reducing the risk of multiorgan failure and cardiopulmonary death instead of focusing merely on successful haemostasis.…”
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Acute and Fatal Isoniazid-Induced Hepatotoxicity: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Wissam K. Kabbara, Aline T. Sarkis, Paola G. Saroufim

“…After discharge, the patient was readmitted and suffered from severe coagulopathy, metabolic acidosis, acute kidney injury, hepatic encephalopathy, and cardiorespiratory arrest necessitating two rounds of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Despite maximal hemodynamic support, the patient did not survive. …”
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Hyperechoic papillary muscle: A sign of ALCAPA in the presence of left-to-right shunts by Thanigai Arasu, T Komal, Krishnan Ganapathy Subramaniam, Dhruva Sharma, N. Srinath Reddy

“…Coronary reimplantation was done, and then, the patient could be weaned off cardiopulmonary bypass uneventfully, the child was shifted to the intensive care unit with minimal inotropic support and was discharged by the 7th day with normal ventricular function. …”
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Use of an Endobronchial Blocker and Selective Lung Ventilation to Aid Surgical Removal of a Lung Lobe Abscess in a Dog by Carl Bradbrook, Louise Clark, Martina Mosing

“…A reduction in the arterial partial pressure of oxygen to fractional inspired oxygen ratio (PaO2 : FiO2) of 444 to 306 occurred after placement of the EBB, with no change in monitored cardiopulmonary variables. F-shunt increased from 17.4% to 23.7% with a reduction in oxygen content (CaO2) of 20.0 to 18.7 mg dL-1, remaining within the physiologic range. …”
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Penetrating right ventricular injury following a single gunshot to the left flank in Iraq: a case report by Zryan Salar Majeed, Yad N. Othman, Razhan K. Ali

“…It was repaired without the need for cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. After a few days in the hospital, the patient was discharged home. …”
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A Comprehensive Clinical Acumen Enhanced by Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Managing Acute Life-Threatening Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism in a Peripheral Setting: A Case Repor... by Prabhav Chhaperwal, Sudhir Kumar, Gurbinder Suri, Uma Garg, Suraj Kapoor, Bhargava Devarakonda

“…We report a case of massive PTE presenting with cardiopulmonary arrest, successfully managed with advanced cardiac life support, early initiation of anticoagulants (heparin), and thrombolytics. …”
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Successful Damage Control Resuscitation with Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in a Pediatric Patient by Yoonjung Heo, Sung Wook Chang, Dong Hun Kim

“…After 30 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, spontaneous circulation was achieved. …”
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Fatal Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Patient with Niemann-Pick Disease Type B by Atakan Tanacan, Abdullah Yalcin, Canan Unal, Seda Banu Akinci, Mehmet Sinan Beksac

“…A 23-year-old nulliparous woman was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) after cardiopulmonary arrest during urgent hysterectomy because of severe postpartum bleeding. …”
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Size of Left Cardiac Chambers Correlates with Cerebral Microembolic Load in Open Heart Operations by Elena Z. Golukhova, Anna G. Polunina, Svetlana V. Zhuravleva, Natalia P. Lefterova, Alexey V. Begachev

“…The associations between left ventricular diameters and number of cerebral microemboli remained significant when cardiopulmonary bypass time was included as a covariate into the analysis. …”
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Gallstones in Elderly Patients: Impact of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy by A Montori, M Boscaini, M Gasparrini, G Miscusi, L Masoni, M Onorato, J Montori

“…The use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in elderly patients may pose problems because of their poor general condition, especially of cardiopulmonary function. Moreover, these patients present with acute cholecystitis and associated common bile duct stones more often than their younger counterparts. …”
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Asymptomatic Pulmonary Artery Intimal Sarcoma with Chest Wall Metastasis as an Initial Manifestation: An Autopsy Case by Tomoo Kakimoto, Mamoru Sasaki, Shojiroh Morinaga, Robert Nakayama, Naoto Minematsu

“…The present report describes an 82-year-old man without any cardiopulmonary symptoms who was detected with an abnormal shadow on chest radiography during a routine health checkup. …”
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Elevated Cardiac Troponin T in Patients with Lupus Myositis Presenting with Noncardiac Chest Pain by Guy Katz, Sharon L. Kolasinski, Baskaran Sundaram, Giorgos Loizidis

“…Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presenting with chest pain pose a unique diagnostic challenge, with causes ranging from cardiopulmonary disease to esophageal disorders and musculoskeletal chest wall pain. …”
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Endoscopic Appearance of Oropharyngeal and Upper GI Kaposi’s Sarcoma in an Immunocompromised Patient by Umar Darr, Anas Renno, Zubair Khan, Turki Alkully, Maitham A. Moslim, Sehrish Kamal, Ali Nawras

“…A 65-year-old male with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with cardiopulmonary arrest secondary to hyperkalemia of 7.5 meq/L. …”
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Respiratory Arrest in an Obese Pregnant Woman with Hyperemesis Gravidarum by Ayumi Iwashita, Yosuke Baba, Rie Usui, Akihide Ohkuchi, Shigeaki Muto, Shigeki Matsubara

“…A pregnant, non-Japanese-speaking Peruvian, and, thus, with communication difficulty, suffered hyperemesis gravidarum and had respiratory arrest, requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The obese pregnant woman (prepregnancy weight: 107 kg) had vomited and lost 15 kg in bodyweight over appropriately 2 weeks prior to the arrest but had not complained due to communication difficulty, which, together with her obesity, prevented a Japanese obstetrician from noticing her severe condition. 1,000 mL of low potassium fluid plus thiamine was administered. …”
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Treatment results of cardiac tamponade due to thoracic trauma at Jeju Regional Trauma Center, Korea: a case series by Jeong Woo Oh, Minjeong Chae

“…In three cases, intraoperative cardiopulmonary bypass was required. Two of the seven patients died (mortality rate, 28.5%). …”
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Effect of Moxibustion According to Syndrome Differentiation on Rehabilitation of Muscle Function in Patients with Maintenance Hemodialysis by Erping YAN, Motan QIU, Jianwei REN, Zhimin KANG, Po CAO, Shiying LIU, Lingxin KONG

“…The observation cycle was twelve weeks. Cardiopulmonary endurance (six minutes walking distance, heart rate and blood pressure product), muscle endurance (such as grip strength, grip strength endurance) and the quality of life assessment (the score of kidney disease quality of life KDQOL-SF^TM1.3) were observed and recorded before and after treatment to evaluate the efficiency of moxibustion based on syndrome differentiation.Results:After twelve-week treatment, the six minutes walking distance was extended in the treatment group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); there was significant difference on six minutes walking distance between the two groups after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Health-related quality of life, mental and sleep disordes of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension participating in the Polish PH treatment program by Kathie Sarzyńska, Beata Jankowska-Polańska

“…The mean scores obtained in each domain of the PAH-SYMPACT HRQoL questionnaire were: cardiopulmonary symptoms 1.02±0.57, cardiovascular symptoms 0.54±0.5, physical effects 1.24±0.9, mental effects 0.99±SD=0.82. …”
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The Role of Lung Ultrasound Scan in Different Heart Failure Scenarios: Current Applications and Lacks of Evidences by Alessandro Campora, Matteo Beltrami, Anita Di Renzo, Alessia Petrini, Alberto Palazzuoli

“…Due to the wide availability of ultrasound equipment, congestion can be evaluated in multiple settings, ranging from emergency departments to intensive care units, including outpatient settings. A combined cardiopulmonary imaging approach, integrating LUS with other imaging modalities, enhances congestion assessment in both acute and chronic HF. …”
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