Tags Archives: case of the week 2022

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Effectiveness of hemoadsorption therapy in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia and severe ARDS

A previously healthy 51-year-old male patient was admitted to the National Hospital’s Emergency Department with a clinical picture and a 6 days evolution of symptoms characterized initially by intense frontal..

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Single-pass albumin dialysis and hemoadsorption for bilirubin and bile acids removal for a child with hyperbilirubinemia after ventricular assist device…

This case reports on a 13-year-old boy, who was admitted to the hospital for coryzal symptoms (acute inflammation of the upper respiratory tract) and chest pain. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/CoW_09_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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Use of CytoSorb as stand-alone therapy in the management of septic shock with multiple organ failure due to acalculous cholecystitis

This case reports on a 44-year-old female, who was admitted to the hospital with complaints of high fever, vomiting, abdominal pain and decreased urine output for the previous 2 days...

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Kinetics of Bilirubin and Ammonia Elimination during Hemadsorption Therapy in Secondary Sclerosing Cholangitis Following ECMO Therapy and Severe COVID-19

This case reports on a 61-year-old woman with confirmed COVID-19, who was admitted to a different hospital with a productive cough that she had had for a few days. [pdf-embedder..

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Use of CytoSorb in a patient with septic shock and multiple organ failure following combined mitral and aortic valve replacement

This case reports on a 58-year-old male patient who presented to the hospital for an elective cardiothoracic surgical procedure. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/CoW_06_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]  

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Technical note: Novel use of CytoSorb™ haemadsorption to provide wound healing support in case of severe burn trauma via reduction…

This case reports on an initially healthy 59-year-old patient, who was hospitalized following a serious burn trauma. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CoW_05_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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Postoperative use of CytoSorb in septic shock following a mitral valve replacement procedure due to infective endocarditis

This case report’s on a 65-year-old male patient who was admitted to the Department of Cardiac Surgery due to severe mitral regurgitation in the context of infective endocarditis. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CoW_04_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]

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Hemoadsorption as bridge to liver transplant in a six-month old patient with hepatic failure

This case reports on a 6-month-old female patient (8 kg, 55 cm), who was admitted to the hospital due to severe hyperbilirubinemia. [pdf-embedder url="https://perfusfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CoW_03_2022_E_web_compressed.pdf"]  

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Use of CytoSorb in a SARS-CoV-2 positive patient with bacterial superinfection and multiple organ failure

This case reports on a 54-year-old male patient with known arterial hypertension who was transferred from a peripheral hospital to the National Hospital with cough and progressive respiratory distress 6..

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Use of CytoSorb in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia

This case reports on a 60-year-old male diagnosed with COVID-19 following a positive RT-PCR test, who was hospitalized with complaints of cough with mild expectoration, and worsening shortness of breath..

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