Tag Massimo Antonelli

Hypothermia and the Kidney

Objectives This chapter will: 1. Detail the pathophysiology of ischemia/reperfusion injury and hypothermic protection described in experimental evidence. 2. Discuss the limitations of animal models. 3. Describe three clinical scenarios in which hypothermia is used in clinical settings of ischemia…

Flexible bronchoscopy

Specialty and category within specialty Intensive care medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system Airway management CPT codes Bronchoscopy ICD-9 codes 33.2 Diagnostic procedures on lung and bronchus 33.22 Fiber-optic bronchoscopy 33.24 Closed [endoscopic] biopsy of bronchus 33.27 Closed endoscopic biopsy…