HYPOTHESIS Medical therapy has changed the indications for surgery over the last 4 decades. Advances in perioperative care have significantly improved the outcome. DESIGN The medical records of all patients 65 years and older who underwent surgery for ulcerative colitis during a 40-year period were analyzed retrospectively. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS One hundred thirteen c...

objective the purpose of this study was to assess the frequency of complications of endotracheal intubation (eti) in neonates. methods the newborns that were admitted and needed urgent or semi-urgent intubation were enrolled in this study over a 1 year period. route for intubation in all cases were orotracheal. cases were not routinely sedated or paralyzed. the patients were clinically and radi...

Objective The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency of complications of endotracheal intubation (ETI) in neonates. Methods The newborns that were admitted and needed urgent or semi-urgent intubation were enrolled in this study over a 1 year period. Route for intubation in all cases were orotracheal. Cases were not routinely sedated or paralyzed. The patients were clinically and rad...

OBJECTIVES To introduce an effective and safe ophthalmic triaging system to be used by non-ophthalmologists.   METHODS A modified scoring triage system with more relevant clinical symptoms and signs from a previously published Rome Eye Scoring System for Urgency and Emergency (RESCUE) was evaluated over a 2-month period. The study was conducted following a prospective cohort design between Ma...

BACKGROUND An association between weekend health care delivery and poor outcomes has become known as the "weekend effect." Evidence for such an association among surgery patients has not previously been synthesized. OBJECTIVE To systematically review associations between weekend surgical care and postoperative mortality. METHODS We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and references of relevant article...

OBJECTIVE To describe the success rate and the complications after procedures to diagnose abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in children and adolescents. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted with a population consisting of children and adolescents with abdominal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed between September 1994 and December 2012. The sample comprised of 100 patients...

Puppies and kittens are considered neonates until 4 to 5 weeks of age and are classified as pediatric until about 12 weeks old. Anesthesia of neonates may be necessary for urgent correction of congenital anomalies or for necessary (not elective) diagnostics. Anesthesia of pediatric patients may be undertaken for elective early ovariohysterectomy or castration or for urgent procedures. The physi...

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