in this report, a 10 year old boy with both tendinous and tuberous xanthoma is presented. premature corneal arcus and aortic stensosis were associated findings in this case. tuberous and tendinous xanthomas are two clinical varieties of one disease, both of which are seen in type ii hyperlipoproteinemia. increased serum cholesterol with pathological findings of skin lesions with oculocardiac in...

Trigeminocardiac reflex (TCR) is a brainstem reflex that manifests as sudden onset of hemodynamic perturbation in blood pressure (MABP) and heart rate (HR), as apnea and as gastric hypermotility during stimulation of any branches of the trigeminal nerve. The molecular and clinical knowledge about the TCR is in a constant growth since 1999, what implies a current need of a review about its defin...

PURPOSE To compare the effects of intravenous infusion of ketamine and propofol anesthesia in children undergoing strabismus surgery. METHODS Sixty pediatric patients aged 4-11 years were enrolled for the study. Patients in Group K were infused ketamine 1-3 mg/kg/hr (n = 30) and patients in Group P were infused with propofol 6-9 mg/kg/hr (n = 30). After giving fentanyl 1 mug/kg and rocuronium...

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