Purpose of review: This article reviews the thoracic complications from malpositioned blindly inserted nasogastric feeding tubes in mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care and the methods to check the position and promote safe placement of the feeding tubes. Recent findings: Malpositioned feeding tubes are not included in risk management databases. The reported incidence is 1-3% and ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common of all congenital defects, affecting nearly 1% of live births. Creative operative and catheter-based interventions have facilitated survival to adulthood with nearly all defects, setting the stage for a rapidly growing population of adolescents and adults with CHD. Although the field of adult CHD (ACHD) remains in its infancy, it is important to...

activation has been demonstrated in the absence of conditioned fear, subjects have not been required to make a forced-choice response about the nature of the unseen expression. That is, they were not engaged in the sort of guesswork undertaken by blindsight patients. It is plausible that GY, a much-practised observer, is able to monitor his auto-nomic responses and use them to mediate above-cha...

introduction: transhiatal esophagectomy is a widely accepted approach for palliative resection of subcarinal esophageal cancers. this study was designed to evaluate the necessity of routine thoracostomy tube insertion in this technique.  methods: this descriptive study was conducted on 123 consecutive patients with esophageal cancers undergoing transhiatal esophagectomy from march 2001 to febru...

OBJECTIVE Robotic cochlear implant electrode array insertion offers substantial potential advantages, namely repeatability and minimization of insertion forces, leading to decreased intracochlear trauma. Using such a robotic insertion tool, we sought to analyze force profiles during deployment of stylet-containing electrode arrays using either traditional insertion, in which the stylet is withd...

Herein, the electrochemical performance and mechanism of potassium insertion/deinsertion in orthorhombic V2O5 nanoparticles are studied. The electrode displays an initial potassiation/depotassiation capacity 200 mAh g−1/217 g−1 voltage range 1.5–4.0 V vs. K+/K at C/12 rate, suggesting fast kinetics for insertion/deinsertion. However, quickly fades during cycling, reaching 54 31st cycle. Afterwa...

To the Editor-Recent developments of thoracoscopic surgical instmments and techniques have increased the demand for selective lung ventilation in younger children. Because the use of pediatric doublelumen endotracheal tubes' is limited, this is conventionally accomplished by blocking the required bronchus with a Fogarty embolectomy catheter' or with a pulmonary artery catheter.' In most reporte...

introduction: to study the long-term complications of tympanostomy tube insertion in young children 10 years after surgery.   materials and methods: in september 2011, the medical records of all patients who had undergone myringotomy with tympanostomy tube insertion between february 2000 and march 2001 at the two general hospitals of isfahan university of medical sciences were studied. of the 9...