AbstractBackground: Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) have a high incidence of postoperative cardiac morbidity and mortality. The frequent presence of cardiac disease, extreme states of hydration and reduced ability to excrete a fluid load pose ch.....
AbstractIntroduction: Pain is a frequent reason for patients visit in trauma centers, but it care remains insufficient for many reasons. The goal of this study was to assess the care of pain at the trauma center of the Yalgado Ouedraogo University hospital i.....
AbstractIntroduction: The gold-standard to diagnose malignant hyperthermia (MH) susceptibility is the in-vitro-contracture test (IVCT) requiring an open muscle biopsy. The aim of the presented investigation was to evaluate intra- and postoperative patients.....
AbstractDespite advances in medical care, hip fracture surgery remains one of the commonest and highest risk surgical procedures (10% in-hospital mortality and 25% at one year), representing a major economic cost to our community and a World health care burd.....
AbstractBilirubin is a primary product of heme catabolism and exhibits both neuroprotective and neurotoxic effects. When present at physiologic concentrations, bilirubin is a potent antioxidant and serves to protect brain tissue from oxidative stress insults.....
AbstractThe transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is an effective method of providing postoperative analgesia for patients undergoing midline abdominal wall incisions. We evaluated retrospectively, the analgesic efficacy of an ultrasound guided TAP block f.....
AbstractHereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare genetic disorder resulting from an inherited deficiency or dysfunction of the C1-esterase inhibitor. It is characterized by recurrent and self-limiting angioedema episodes, most often affecting the skin or the mu.....
AbstractFracture neck of femur is a common orthopaedic condition which is increasing in incidence in the whole world with the aging of the populations. In this study done in Sri Lanka and the UK over a period of three years a total of 256 fracture neck of fe.....
AbstractMicroRNA is a non-coding single-stranded RNA able to alter and modulate gene expression. Sustained research in animal models increased the knowledge on the regulatory function of microRNA and its effect on gene expression at the posttranscriptional l.....
AbstractBrain surgery carries the risk of intraoperative ischemic damage to the healthy tissues, which may result in significant neurological deficit in the postoperative period and worsen the clinical outcome. Recent advances in neuroimaging, intraoperative.....
AbstractNear infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a noninvasive monitor that can be used with clinical skill to help determine cerebral oxygen supply and demand balance even during times when pulsatile flow is absent. Patients for cardiac surgery are at risk for .....