OBJECTIVE Establish whether hemolysis in samples collected from intravenous lines is influenced by catheterization site. METHODS Blood was collected from all patients (67 total) admitted to the emergency department the same morning, through a 20-gauge catheter placed in a vein of the upper limb directly into an evacuated blood tube. Serum was tested for hemolysis index by multi-wavelength pho...

Background: Many hospitals favor magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the preferred diagnostic method to detect anal fistula, trans-fistula contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) for diagnosis of fistula have attracted attention investigators worldwide. This study aimed investigate efficacy endoanal and in fistula.

A uterocutaneous fistula is a rare clinical presentation that occurs following Cesarean section and other pelvic operations. There are only a few reports discussing the treatments. We describe a patient with successful surgical management and review the literature. A 25-year-old woman referred to our department 13 months after her first Cesarean section. She had a history of an abdominal mass a...

OBJECTIVE  To compare the effectiveness of the oxytocin receptor antagonist atosiban with the beta mimetic fenoterol as uterine relaxants in women undergoing external cephalic version (ECV) for breech presentation. DESIGN  Multicentre, open label, randomised controlled trial. SETTING  Eight hospitals in the Netherlands, August 2009 to May 2014. PARTICIPANTS  830 women with a singleton fet...

BACKGROUND Hemodialysis as an efficient therapy for advanced CKD is the most used treatment modality all over the world. Even though primary AVF is widely accepted as a best permanent vascular access in hemodialysis patients, up to 60% of all fistulas fail to mature. The pathogenesis of early fistula failure is not very well understood. Many general and local factors are involved: patient's age...

BACKGROUND Forearm basilic fistulas are rarely used as vascular accesses for haemodialysis but they represent a valuable option when autogenous radial-cephalic fistulas cannot be performed. There is no information in the literature to date about the outcome of direct ulnar-basilic or transposed radial-basilic forearm autogenous fistulas after endovascular treatment of stenosis or thrombosis. ...

BACKGROUND For patients with end-stage renal failure hemodialysis with an autogenous arteriovenous fistula (AVF) has proven to be the ideal vascular access. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to discover potential predictors of a well-functioning hemodialysis fistula. METHODS From December 2009 to March 2011, 80 patients undergoing first time AVF creation were enrolled in our retrospective ...

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to determine whether epidural anesthesia would improve external cephalic version success in a safe and effective manner. STUDY DESIGN All women > 37 weeks' gestation with breech presentation scheduled for external cephalic version at the medical center from Dec. 1, 1993, to July 31, 1996, were randomized to receive an epidural or no epidural anesthesia. Under...

Cannulation of the cephalic portion of the right internal jugular vein during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) allows for increased venous return flow to the circuit. This procedure also allows access to venous drainage from the brain. We reviewed data from simultaneous blood gases obtained from the cephalic jugular vein and the mixed venous return in 5 neonates during venoarterial ...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the learning curve for external cephalic version (ECV) using learning curve-cumulative sum (LC-CUSUM) analysis. METHODS This was a retrospective study involving 290 consecutive cases between October 2013 and March 2017. We evaluated the learning curve for ECV on nulli and over para 1 group using LC-CUSUM analysis on the assumption that 50% and 70% of ECV procedures succ...