The median interruption time was 49 hours (IQR = 29 to 113), predominantly due to filter clotting, disconnection for procedures and change in patient clinical status (e.g. CRRT not required in a window period).
For example, when the patient performs the disconnection and reconnection procedure at the end of treatment to rinse the blood left in the circuit back into their body, the machine cannot check whether the patient connected the ends correctly.
Because of the complexity of the cleaning procedure with disconnection and reconnection of the standard luer lock cap (referred as "intervention"), we compared luer lock caps with a "closed access system" consisting of a luer access split septum system with regard to process optimization (work simplification, process time), efficiency (costs) and hygiene (patient safety).
Although Hodgson et al. [ 7] showed no evidence that recruitment maneuvers reduce mortality or the duration of mechanical ventilation in patients with ALI/ARDS, such maneuvers may be useful to reverse life-threatening hypoxemia [ 8] and to avoid derecruitment resulting from disconnection and/or airway suctioning procedures [ 9].
Hydrogen atoms were added after these structures were 'washed' (a procedure including salt disconnection, removal of minor components, deprotonation of strong acids and protonation of strong bases).
The end point of the procedure is electrical disconnection of all pulmonary veins by antral ablation verified during SR by entry and exit block of all pulmonary veins, that is, DC conversion is performed if needed prior to the end of the procedure.
All surgical procedures (frontal-temporal disconnection and Fx in case M3, and Fx in cases M1 M3) took place under general anaesthesia (sodium thiopentone, i.v., to effect in cases M1 and M2, and isoflurane, 1 2.75%, to effect, in 100% oxygen in case M3).
In all participating centres, the endpoint of the CBA procedure was complete electrical disconnection of all PVs.
Initially, the key words used were: "emergency disconnect sequence" or "system of emergency disconnect sequence" or "emergency disconnection" or "disconnection emergency guidelines" or "system of emergency disconnection".
