The attending staff determined the main admission diagnoses of all patients, and divided them into different categories: cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatobiliary, GI, renal or genitourinary, sepsis of unknown origin, malignancy (treatment or complications), and others.
Thirty-two patients underwent bedside diagnostic laparoscopy (Visiport Plus, Autosuture, US), 14 of whom had been admitted to the ICU for major trauma, 12 for sepsis of unknown origin and 6 for complications after cardiac surgery.
During the 30-month study period, 32 patients fulfilled the indication criteria and underwent bedside diagnostic laparoscopy: 14 patients were admitted for major trauma, 12 for sepsis of unknown origin and six for complications due to prolonged extracorporeal circulation during cardiac surgery (Table 1).
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a vasculopathy of unknown etiology, is a serious complication of connective tissue disease (CTD) [ 7].
One goal of field archery is to improve the technique required for bowhunting in a more realistic outdoor setting, but without introducing the complication and guesswork of unknown distances.
Hepatic failure is a rare complication of celiac disease of unknown pathogenesis; the predisposition to autoimmunity may, in part, explain the involvement of the liver [ 4].
In it, both men emphasized that they were conducting a risky experiment that faced a number of known and unknown potential complications that could occur any time.
The Pseudoexfoliation PEX) syndrome is a systemic disorder of unknown etiology and is associated with an increased incidence of intraoperative complications [ 1].
There were no complications – namely, femoral-neck fracture, component loosening, or pain of unknown cause.
He said another complication could arise if the disease broke out simultaneously in multiple cities, suggesting a strike of unknown size and danger.
