Abstract Acute inflammation of the gallbladder can occur without gallstones. Acalculous cholecystitis typically develops in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit. Patients on parenteral nutrition, with extensive burns, sepsis, major operations, multiple organ trauma or prolonged illness with multiple organ system failure are at risk for developing acalculous cholecystitis. The ass...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a common form of congenital heart disease with abnormal development of left-sided structures of the heart. As excessive pulmonary blood flow is common prior to palliative surgical procedures, therapeutic maneuvers may be required to decrease pulmonary blood flow and augment systemic cardiac output. Respiratory manipulations to optimize the ratio of pulm...

BACKGROUND Transfers of patient care and responsibility among caregivers, "handovers," are common. Whether handovers worsen patient outcome remains unclear. The authors tested the hypothesis that intraoperative care transitions among anesthesia providers are associated with postoperative complications. METHODS From the records of 138,932 adult Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio) surgical patie...

In modern neurosurgical practice, CT is a well established, important examination for planning surgery and perioperative care. Recently, CT scanners have been used for intraoperative imaging during craniotomy [1-6]. In this paper, we report a newly developed mobile CT scanner gantry with a modified fork-lift gantry carrier. This system enables the radiologist to obtain CT images during surgery ...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study using 323 contrast-enhanced, multi-planner three-dimensional computed (3D-CT) scans. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for injury to the major vessels in the lateral transpsoas approach. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA To avoid critical complications such as major vessel injury, it is essential to examine anatomical information relate...

Objective: To report the experience that academics had when performing SAEP in intraoperative period. Method: This is an undergraduate Nursing students Systematization of Perioperative Care (SAEP) a hospital western region Santa Catarina. Results: The Surgical Center characterized as differentiated environment, with particular dynamics require tools to provide quality perioperative care, planne...

abstract acute inflammation of the gallbladder can occur without gallstones. acalculous cholecystitis typically develops in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit. patients on parenteral nutrition, with extensive burns, sepsis, major operations, multiple organ trauma or prolonged illness with multiple organ system failure are at risk for developing acalculous cholecystitis. the asso...

background transurethral resection of the prostate (turp) is the most common surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia. objectives the aim of the present study was to compare the conventional bipolar transurethral resection of prostate (turp) with a modified transurethral resection of the prostate (m-turp) in men with mild to moderate symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia. patients...

A lthough both disciplines have cooperated for many years, cardiovascular anesthesiology and echocardiography have recently grown and merged in part. Intraoperative echocardiography has demonstrated its usefulness in many aspects of cardiovascular surgery, including valvular repair and replacement, myocardial function, aortic aneurysm repair, congenital heart disease, pericardial disease, compl...