A 29-year-old patient with normal preanesthetic evaluation was planned for percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) for right nephrolithiasis with right pyelolithiasis. Surgery was performed under general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation with muscle relaxation. At the conclusion of surgery, when the patient was turned over to supine position, tense abdomen was noted. Immediately extended focu...

Results 25 cases from April, May and June 2010 (100% male, mean age 28.6 years) and 28 cases from April, May and June 2011 (100% male, mean age 24.1 years) were indentified. In 2010, mean time to CXR was 18.86 minutes, 95% CI (12.97, 24.75) and mean time to CT was 93.10 minutes (61.27, 124.93). In 40% of cases use of eFAST was documented. In total, 91.3% underwent CT scanning of the thorax. In ...

To the Editor:The study by Brook et al1 of traumatic pneumothorax detection by extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (eFAST) used a diagnostic criterion of absence of both lung slide and comet tail signs. The resultant sensitivity of 47%, whereas substantially better than the 16% of plain chest radiography, was reasonably concluded to be “insufficient for ruling out small pneum...

This study includes a global sensitivity analysis of the water productivity model AquaCrop. The study rationale consisted in a comprehensive evaluation of the model and the formulation of guidelines for model simplification and efficient calibration. The global analysis comprehended a Morris screening followed by a variance-based Extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (EFAST) under diverse...

Abstract Aims and objectives: Pneumothorax is a common finding after trauma and with a wide range of clinical manifestations, from a concealed pneumothorax detectable only by a CT scan accidentally, to a potentially fatal tension pneumothorax. Pneumothorax can gradually progress to tension pneumothorax and become an emergency, consequently, a timely diagnosis is essential. Most traumatic patie...

Introduction: Traumatic injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, and its management is often challenging. When performed by an experienced provider, the extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (eFAST) is highly sensitive for the detection of thoracic and abdominal injury. Its low cost and good safety profile makes it ideal for use in resource poor...

The modern electronic systems grow in complexity as the number of potential factors that affect the systems behavior is increasing. The analysis of such systems can be simplified if the most important factors are identified upfront. Sensitivity analysis addresses this problem. The paper describes and compares six sensitivity analysis methods based on: variance decomposition, OneFactor-at–a-Time...