OBJECTIVE Research shows that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) independently increase suicide risk; however, scant research has investigated whether mTBI increases suicide risk above and beyond the risk associated with PTSD alone. DESIGN The current research compared suicide risk factors among a matched sample of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operat...

OBJECTIVES A mass casualty disaster drill involving the simulated explosion of a radiation dispersal device (dirty bomb) was performed with the participation of multiple hospitals, emergency responders, and governmental agencies. The exercise was designed to stress trauma service capacities, communications, safety, and logistic functions. We report our experience and critique of the planning, t...

BACKGROUND The present study was performed to compare the safety of sedation during endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in the endoscopy room versus operation room. METHODS In total, 297 patients with gastrointestinal tumors who underwent ESD from January 2011 to December 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were divided into two groups: those who underwent ESD in the endoscopy...

BACKGROUND Sentinel lymph node biopsy can be associated with delays in operating room schedule and with significant pain during the preoperative Tc colloid injection. To avoid these problems, we developed a novel radiolabeled blue dye that can be injected intraoperatively. METHODS We performed a phase I/II trial (IND#70627) of sterile pyrogen-free I-methylene blue to identify sentinel nodes i...

BACKGROUND The current state of general hospital operation room (OR) in Korea and how these ORs are being operated remain unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate and assess the current state of OR management and surgical scheduling in general hospitals of Korea. METHODS A total of 92 anesthesiology training hospitals and 2 equivalent hospitals in Korea were targeted for t...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Anesthetic drugs and material wastage are common in operation rooms (ORs). In this era of escalating health-care expenditure, cost reduction strategies are highly relevant. The aim of this study was to assess the amount of daily intravenous anesthetic drug wastage from major ORs and to estimate its financial burden. Any preventive measures to minimize drug wastage are ...

The world is severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic health-care workers are hostile to work inside of COVID-19 hospital due social distancing. Supplying essentials food and delivering medicine in hospitals has a challenge. To address need World health organization certified sanitizing system solution for personnel surface decontamination. overcome problem developed automatic portable equipm...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The use of intraoperative angiography to assess the results of neurovascular surgery is increasing. The purpose of this study was to measure the radiation dose to patients and personnel during intraoperative angiography and to determine the effect of experience. METHODS Fifty consecutive intraoperative angiographic studies were performed during aneurysmal clipping or ar...

You probably turned to this chapter because you are caring for a patient with acute heart or lung failure, and the patient is failing despite your best treatment. The risk of death for your patient is over 80% any way you measure it. The patient might be a woman with streptococcal pneumonia, a child who cannot come off cardiopulmonary bypass after a cardiac operation, a man with chest trauma, a...