Dear Editor, Tympanic membrane (TM) perforation is most commonly a result of infection, trauma, or the sequelae of tympanostomy tube insertion. Although 88% of traumatic perforations of any size heal without intervention, the remainders become chronic and require treatment. Without closure, morbidity may include hearing loss, chronic otorrhea and cholesteatoma formation. These tympanic membrane...

SUMMARY With modern anesthesia, aspiration is an exceedingly rare complication, and we have learned that a prolonged fast can result in serious adverse effects in critically ill patients. We discuss the no-fast protocol implemented at Vancouver General Hospital in 2007 for intubated, tube-fed adult patients who underwent elective open tracheotomy.

CONTEXT Liver plays an important role in metabolism and physiological homeostasis in the body. This organ is unique in its structure and physiology. So it is necessary for an anesthesiologist to be familiar with various hepatic pathophysiologic conditions and consequences of liver dysfunction. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION WE SEARCHED MEDLINE (PUB MED, OVID, MD CONSULT), SCOPUS AND THE COCHRANE DATABA...

PURPOSE To determine occupational exposure of the anesthesiologist and surgeon to nitrous oxide and desflurane during general anesthesia for ear-nose-throat (ENT) surgery in children and adults. METHODS An observational clinical trial was performed in ten children (C) and ten adults (A). Tracheas were intubated, in adults, with cuffed tubes and in children with uncuffed tubes. The operating r...

Resume. The introduction of checklists during anesthesia could affects the critical incidents incidence anesthesia.
 purpose study. Studying impact organizational technologies checklist «Safe Surgery» and equipment on frequency in Ukrainian hospitals anesthesiology.
 Materials methods. audit was conducted at Department Surgery, Anesthesiology Intensive Care Postgraduate Education Bogo...

All modern vapor anesthetics are capable of carbon monoxide (CO) production as a result of interaction with desiccated strong base containing carbon dioxide absorbents. In desiccated absorbents, desflurane produces the highest concentrations of CO. Sevoflurane is known to produce the nephrotoxic compound A (CA) independently from water content of the carbon dioxide absorbent. The purpose of thi...

BACKGROUND The assessment of the anesthesia course in our university comprises Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), in conjunction with portfolio and multiple-choice questions (MCQ). The objective of this study was to evaluate the outcome of different forms of anesthesia course assessment among 5(th) year medical students in our university, as well as study the influence of gende...

DOI: 10.4328/JCAM.3880 Received: 13.09.2015 Accepted: 06.10.2015 Published Online: 16.10.2015 Corresponding Author: Yeliz Kılıç, Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. GSM: +905053573180 E-Mail: [email protected] Scientific letter Although many modern anesthesia machines are suitable for using minimal/low-flow anesthetic techniq...