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L Peñas Maldonado

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Thrombocytopenia induced by pulmonary artery flotation catheters. A prospective study.

The platelet counts of patients with PAFC were studied prospectively, 45 patients admitted to the ICU during the same period of time, who did not require PAFC were used as a control group. We had previously excluded any other cause of thrombocytopenia in both groups of patients. We found a significant platelet decrease in the PAFC group at 6 h (p less than 0.001), 24 h (p less than 0.001), 48 h (p less than 0.001) and 72 h (p less than 0.001) after catheter placement, compared to the control group. This decrease was early and sharp and disappeared quickly after catheter removal. We believe that thrombocytopenia in these patients is of peripheral origin and is due to an increased consumption of platelets.

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[Menu design for total parenteral nutrition: simplified model derived from a computerized system].

After the design and use of a computerized system for the prescription of parenteral nutrition, the authors drew up clinical choice tables, as well as others of a pharmaceutical elaboration, based on the same algorithm of the computer program. The conclusion reached was that the nutrition selection process based on these tables is simpler, saves more time, is based on a logical plan of decision making and does not need a computer support.

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