Cold irrigating fluids during endoscopy

A randomized comparison between three types of irrigating fluids during transurethral resection in benign prostatic hyperplasia

BACKGROUND Central nervous system changes, circulatory and electrolyte imbalances are the main complications of endoscopic transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) which is known as transurethral resection (TUR) syndrome, which occurs as result of excessive absorption of irrigating fluid. We compare glycine 1.5% versus glucose 5% and normal saline 0.9% as irrigating solutions during TURP ...

Effect of warm intravenous and irrigating fluids on body temperature during transurethral resection of the prostate gland

BACKGROUND Transurethral resection of the prostate gland with irrigation fluid at room temperature leads to perioperative hypothermia which could give rise to adverse cardiovascular events in the perioperative period. The use of isothermic irrigation fluid reduces but does not eliminate this risk. Routine use of warm intravenous fluids along with isothermic irrigation had not been documented. T...

Absorption of glycine irrigating solution during transcervical resection of endometrium.

Children Sedation during Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Comparison of Two Methods

Introduction: Endoscopy is an invasive and painful procedure in children. Since children can not tolerate pain and stress, sedation is necessary in pediatric endoscopy. The aim of this study was comparison of propofol versus intravenous midazolam for reducing anxiety in children.   Materials and Methods: In this study, 103 patients (2-14 years old) in whom endoscopy was indicated were divid...

Chest Pain During Upper Endoscopy

Figure 1. Upper endoscopy before (A) and after (B) the development of chest pain. Powerful contraction of mid esophagus is observed in the figure 1B. CC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction...