CASE REPORT An 82-year-old white woman with a history of hypertension, paroxysmal atrial tachycardia, and hypothyroidism underwent laparoscopic left adrenalectomy for possible adrenal carcinoma. On the third postoperative day, the patient’s course was complicated by a paralytic ileus. A nasogastric tube was placed, preceded by a 3-second dose of Hurricane spray (20% benzocaine, approximately 60...

One hypothesis to explain the rapid neural component of exercise hyperpnea contends that afferent stimuli originating in the ventricles of the heart act reflexly on the respiratory center at the onset of exercise, ie, "cardiodynamic hyperpnea." Orthotopic cardiac transplantation (Tx) results in the loss of afferent information from the ventricles. Thus, Tx possibly results in transient hypercap...

background: substitution of arterial with venous blood samples to estimate blood gas status is highly preferable due to practical and safety concerns. numerous studies support the substitution of arterial by venous blood samples, reporting strong correlations between arterial and venous values. this study further investigated the predictive ability of venous blood samples for arterial acid-base...

BACKGROUND Asthma is a common condition in general medical practice, and it accounts for about 1% of all ambulatory hospital visits. Nowadays, hospitalization rates for asthma have actually been increased in some demographic subgroups despite recent advances in treatment. Understanding the underlying factors that contribute to hospitalization and especially duration of the hospitalization of as...

Purpose Herein we evaluated the effects of platelet concentrate (PC) and platelet-poor plasma (PPP) on bone repair using noncritical defects in calvaria rabbits compared them to presence TGF-β1 osteocalcin reparative sites. Methods Five 8.7 mm diameter were created 15 animals. Each defect was treated differently, autograft (ABG), ABG associated with PC (ABG + PC), PPP PPP), isolated PPP, blood ...

BACKGROUND Hypoxemia is common in patients with cirrhosis but the natural history of this syndrome is unknown. This study was conducted to evaluate the natural history of arterial oxygenation in patient with end stage liver cirrhosis. METHODS Sixty eight patients with liver cirrhosis were followed up for 6-12 months. Arterial blood gas (ABG) and pulse oximetry were obtained on day of presenta...

  Abstract   Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, and is an important health economic problem. Since 1960, there has been an increase in mortality associated with COPD, especially in men. Acute exacerbations form a major component of the socioeconomic burden of COPD which mainly results in long-term hospitalization. Despite the hi...

Sleep hypoventilation (SH) may be important in the development of hypercapnic respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The prevalence of SH, associated factors, and overnight changes in waking arterial blood gases (ABG), were assessed in 54 stable hypercapnic COPD patients without concomitant sleep apnoea or morbid obesity. Lung function assessment, anthropomorphic m...

Background: Blood gas analysis is critical in managing children intensive care unit primarily respiratory disorders. This study aimed to ascertain agreement between the arterial and peripheral venous measurement of pH, pCO2, pO2 bicarbonate levels along with SpO2 acute asthma.Methods: Hospital based cross sectional analytical was conducted at Pushpagiri Institute Medical Sciences 50 within age ...