Post thoracotomy cardiorespiratory arrest: Perhaps avoidable?

Submandibular Hemangioma with Cardiorespiratory Arrest in an Infant

Hemangiomas are defined as soft tissue lesions in the maxillofacial or oral region. Hemangiomas of salivary glands constitute 30% of the non-epithelial tumors in major salivary glands.  Benign tumors in salivary glands are located 85% in parotid gland and 13% in submandibular gland. We present a case of submandibular hemangioma in an infant patient that had some complications and a challenging ...

Post Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome

Post-thoracotomy pain is one of the most severe and long lasting complications after surgery (1-4) which acutely contributes to limit normal respiratory activity impairing the sputum clearance and reducing ventilatory function (5). Along with limb amputation, thoracotomy is the surgical procedure with the highest risk of severe and long lasting acute postoperative pain (6). Moreover, a chronic ...

Post Thoracotomy Pain Management

Introduction The pathway of a pain impulse starts with the primary afferent nerve fibers (C and Aδ) whose axons end in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Nociceptive information is passed to the contralateral side of the spinal cord and, after synapsing, ascends in the anterolateral system as spinothalamic tracts. The primary areas of the brain that respond to pain stimuli are the somatosensor...

Pica, constipation and cardiorespiratory arrest.

Mourato Nunes I, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221066 Description Pica is an eating disorder typically defined as the persistent ingestion of non-nutritive substances, for at least 1 month, at an age of which this behaviour is inappropriate. It may be benign or may have life-threatening consequences. 2 The clinical presentation is highly variable and is associated with the spec...

Re: Traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest on the battlefield.