normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: the aim of this study was to compare the postoperative pain scores and morphine requirements between spinal anesthesia (sa) with hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.5% and general anesthesia (ga) with 1 minimal alveolar concentration (mac )of isoflurane in 50% n2o and o2 after elective lower abdominal surgery. materials and methods: in this randomi...

Recent reports have shown that it is possible to record extracellular electrograms from the rabbit and dog sinoatrial (SA) node. We applied similar techniques to record SA nodal activity in 23 patients who underwent cardiac surgery for various forms of heart disease. Both a bipolar technique, using pairs of electrodes at various interelectrode distances, and a unipolar technique, using an explo...

BACKGROUND Predictors of in-hospital mortality (IHM) following non-cardiac surgery in South African (SA) patients are not well described. OBJECTIVE To determine the association between patient comorbidity and IHM in a cohort of SA non-cardiac surgery patients. METHODS Data related to comorbidity and IHM for 3,727 patients aged ≥45 years were obtained from a large administrative database at ...

Acute childhood osteomyelitis (OM), septic arthritis (SA), and their combination osteomyelitis with adjacent septic arthritis (OM+SA), are treated with long courses of antimicrobials and immediate surgery. We conducted a prospective multi-center randomized trial among Finnish children at age 3 months to 15 years in 1983-2005. According to the twoby-two factorial study design, children with OM o...

BACKGROUND As Staphylococcus aureus (SA) remains one of the leading cause of infective endocarditis (IE), this study evaluates whether S. aureus is associated with more severe infections or worsened outcomes compared to non-S. aureus (NSA) organisms. METHODS All patients undergoing valve surgery for bacterial IE between 1995 and 2013 at our institution were included in this study (n = 323). C...

BACKGROUND Spinal anesthesia (SA) is the most common regional anesthesia (RA) conducted for many surgical procedures. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to predict the difficulty score of SA, by which to reduce the complications and ultimately improve the anesthesia quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS Transurethral Lithotripsy (TUL) surgery candidates were enrolled in this observational study fr...

PURPOSE Conventional laparoscopic appendectomy is performed using three ports, and single-port appendectomy is an attractive alternative in order to improve cosmesis. The aim of this study was to compare pain after transumbilical single-port laparoscopic appendectomy (SA) with pain after conventional three-port laparoscopic appendectomy (TA). METHODS From April to September 2011, 50 consecuti...

BACKGROUND Scapula alata (SA) is a known complication of breast surgery associated with palsy of the serratus anterior, but it is seldom mentioned. We evaluated the risk factors associated with SA and the relationship of SA with ipsilateral shoulder/arm morbidity in a series of patients enrolled in a trial of post-surgery radiotherapy (RT). METHODS The trial randomized women with completely r...

BACKGROUND Acute β-blockade has been associated with poor perioperative outcomes in non-cardiac surgery patients, probably as a result of P-blocker-induced haemodynamic instability during the perioperative period, which has been shown to be more severe in hypertensive patients. OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of acute preoperative β-blockade on the incidence of perioperative cardiovascular ...

BACKGROUND An unmet need to prevent Staphylococcus aureus (SA) infections after cardiothoracic surgery persists despite current practices. Cost-effective implementation of preventive strategies requires contemporary knowledge about modifiable risk factors. METHODS From 2007 to 2011, an international, double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial of a novel SA vaccine (V710) was conducted ...