"Cardiovascular events are as common in peritoneal dialysis as in hemodialysis, and the percent contribution of cardiovascular death ranges from 27 to 56% for peritoneal dialysis and from 25 to 44% for hemodialysis," Branko Braam et al. report. "Despite theoretical advantages the optimistic expectations of less patient morbidity and mortality on peritonealdialysis treatment have not been realized."

Preparations for flying the first patients injured in the conflict in Ukraine to Germany for medical treatment are currently running at top speed. Patients have been selected by the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Force and have already been assigned to clinics here in the German Trauma Society’s TraumaNetwork.

"Acute lung injury following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is ubiquitous, widely variable in clinical acuity, and multifactorial. The characteristic pathophysiology includes injury to the alveolar-capillary membrane, increased permeability, and pulmonary edema. The lungs are unique in that they are both a source and a target of the inflammatory response to CPB," Dr. Christina Phelps (Columbus/USA) reports (in the new textbook Extracorporeal Circulation in Theory and Practice).