Cardiac Resuscitation in the Operating Room

Precautions in the Operating Room during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Corona is a respiratory virus that can cause death as well as many complications in recovering patients. Preventive and control measures to protect people who are exposed to the corona virus and contract it depend on the type of work performed and the risk of exposure to infected people and contamination of the workplace. Due to the non-necessity of performing non-emergency surgeries and taking...

Integrating Coronary Angiography into the Cardiac Operating Room

The Aassociation between Pre-Cardiac Arrest Comorbidity and Unsuccessful Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Patients with Cardiac Arrest

Background and Objective: Patients suffering from cardiac arrest (CA) have poor prognosis and survival. The association of pre-arrest comorbidity with unsuccessful resuscitation in patients with CA is far from clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between pre-existing comorbidity and unsuccessful resuscitation following CA in Iranian patients. Materials and Met...

Noise in the operating room.

A recently as the 1960s, hospitals were famous for their quiet and serene environment. Noise restrictions were zealously enforced internally by uniformed nurses and externally by street signs around the perimeter declaring “Hospital—Quiet Zone.” Hospitals and especially operating rooms are no longer quiet.1 In 1972, before the introduction of much of the noisy equipment now routinely used durin...

Gestix in the Operating Room

A hand gesture system for medical images manipulation called “Gestix” was tested during a brain biopsy surgery. In the in vivo experiment, this type of interface avoided surgeon’s focus shift and change of location while achieving, rapid intuitive reaction, and natural interaction. The major advantages of this approach was naturalness (surgeon use his hands), and rapid reaction (hand gesture co...