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The aim of our study was to monitor a patient undergoing radical prostatectomy (RP) with an extraordinary large blood loss of 3600 ml. The perioperative bleeding was minimalized through an acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH). During the procedure we monitored the patient's hemocoagulation profile. ANH is one of the possibilities for practical and pragmatic hemotherapy. It is a safe and effective method when facing massive blood loss or when it is necessary to temporarily replace or substitute the blood with a fluid during the operation (through a transfusion of allogeneic blood); and the patient benefits from the procedure. We argue that during ANH, the hypercoagulatory state appears in the patient--and even during the introduction of a combined solution of both crystalloids and colloids. In fact, during ANH it should not be recommended to provide a substitute for the patient's blood using only a single crystalloid solution alone (Tab. 2, Ref. 16).

Beschreibung und Auswertung der spätkeltischen und frührömischen Eisengeräten aus dem königlichen germanischen Grab von Musov (Tschechische Republik), datiert II c. n. Chr.; In the IInd c. AD, when a German king was buried in what was going to be a village called Musov (Czech Republic), early iron objects dating back to the later part of the Iron Age were included within the grave goods : a large firedog with impressive bull-heads on the top, an elaborate pair of ironsmith tweezers, a large tripod for the suspension of a cauldron on a fireplace, a meat-hook and a gril. Were the objects family relics preserved during 3 centuries ? Did the king find them when unearthing a Late Celtic grave on his territory ? If these questions cannot be answered, the study of these objects concerns two different topics : first, their function and symbolic use in the Late Celtic societies of the Ist c. BC (with a special attention to banquet and ironsmith symbol); but also the importance of memory, and the link with earlier Celtic kingdoms, by the Germans of the IInd c. AD.