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K Borchert

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[On the causes of intra- and post-operative consumption coagulopathies and postoperative thromboembolism].

The determination of the onset of a disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is examined shortly after its intraoperative andpost-operative dissolution with the help of easily performable haematological and physiological clotting tests in 20 patients. In this connection the operation is appreciated as a model even for other processes defined at the beginning, where DIC can be observed. Whereas the aethanol test, the determination of fibrinogen split products (FSP) and the euglobulin lysis time indicate the beginning of DIC more clearly in the form of average values, the aethanol test, partial thromboplastin time and thrombin time have a prognostic value for each patient. As it is too time consuming to determine FSP, the counting of basophilie granulocytes may be used for the diagnosis. In the initial phase of and post-operative DIC will determine the essential share of predisposition to post-operative thromboembolism.

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[Problems of postoperative respiratory insufficiency (author's transl)].

Postoperatively patients are particularly endangered by the development of respiratory failure. All parts of the gas-exchange between the atmospharic air and the metabolizing cell are to be considered as a unit. The increase of dead-volume-respiration and intrapulmonary shunting is of great importance for the development of arterial hypoxaemia. Early diagnosis of impaired gas-exchange and an adequate treatment are emphasized. CPAP and intermittent mandatory ventilation are therapeutic methods, well approved in clinical practice.

Blood Gas Analysis