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OBJECTIVE Although several inanimate bench models have been described for training of suture skills, so far, there is no ideal method for teaching and learning this skill during medical education. The aim was to evaluate whether bench model fidelity interferes in the acquisition of suture skills by novice medical students. METHODS 36 medical students with no surgical skills' background (novic...

Methods Using a randomized, double-blind design, 30 healthy men (mean ± SD age, height, weight, % body fat: 25.7 ± 6.7 y, 178.0 ± 6.4 cm, 84.4 ± 10.7 kg, 18.9 ± 7.0%) were matched for age, resistance training history, daily caffeine intake, weekly meat consumption, bench press strength, bench press endurance, and percent body fat and then randomly assigned to ingest 2–3 scoops per day of SP250 ...

BACKGROUND The Lotrach endotracheal tube has a unique low-volume, low-pressure (LVLP) cuff, which has been designed to prevent pressure injury to the tracheal wall. We aimed to estimate the pressure exerted on the tracheal wall by the LVLP cuff and a conventional cuff in a bench-top, clinical and radiological study. METHOD In the bench-top study, a model trachea was intubated with the LVLP cu...

The bench press is a widespread form of weight training with few scientific reports on its associated fatalities. We herein report case an individual performing who was found deceased in supine position the shaft barbell resting his neck. safety bars were set at height. On basis postmortem computed tomography imaging and autopsy, cause death determined to be fatal traumatic asphyxia caused by c...