BACKGROUND Topical glucocorticoids are the medical treatment of choice in a majority of patients suffering from nasal polyposis. Fluticasone propionate is a fluorinated steroid reported to be highly effective when used topically in the nose for seasonal and perennial allergic and nonallergic rhinitis. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of intranasal fluticasone propionate in...

A case is presented in which respiratory distress resulted from the production of methemoglobin Following application of topical benzocaine to a child’s oral mucous membrane. Modern local anesthetics are among the safest of administered agents, with few reported cases of morbidity or mortality. The use of topically applied local anesthetic agents is important in the atraumatic administration of...

OBJECTIVE Patients undergoing hemodialysis are repeatedly exposed to stress and pain from approximately 300 punctures per year to their arteriovenous fistula. This study was designed to measure pain associated with venepuncture during AVF cannulation and to compare the effectiveness of ethyl chloride vapocoolant spray, topical eutectic mixture of local anesthetics (EMLA) cream and placebo in co...

BACKGROUND Allergic rhinitis is a common upper respiratory tract inflammation associated with a significant morbidity in all the age groups. Fluticasone furoate is a new potent topical glucocorticoid for the treatment of allergic rhinitis. OBJECTIVE To compare efficacy and safety of fluticasone furoate (FF) nasal spray 110 microg/day with fluticasone propionate (FP) nasal spray 200 microg/day...

Syphacia obvelata infection was diagnosed in mice during routine health monitoring of rodent colony at Animal Facility, ILSNISER, Bhubaneswar. Entire mice colony was treated with fenbendazole mixed in drinking water @70 mg / liter in combination with topical spray of injectable 0.1 % ivermectin solution to arrest the disease. At the same time mice were isolated and grouped (n=18) to compare oth...

To the Editor: In a randomized clinical trial, Rosenstock et al.1 showed no significant difference in time to awake intubation by experienced investigators using the McGrath video laryngoscope (MVL) compared with the fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) in difficult airway patients. Accordingly, the authors conclude that awake MVL intubation seems to be a potential alternative to awake fiberoptic intu...

INTRODUCTION Pulmonary collapse after intubation is common, and it is caused by a variety of factors. CASE PRESENTATION A 21-year-old man presented at our operation room to undergo an appendectomy. Except for a history of cigarette smoking, his history was negative. Anesthesia was induced with 100% oxygen and sevoflurane, remifentanil infusion, and propofol. Neuromuscular block was obtained w...

OBJECTIVE To measure the influence of topical steroids and the preservative potassium sorbate on the ciliary beat frequency (CBF) of human nasal mucosa in vitro. DESIGN In vitro study of cultured ciliated cells of human nasal mucosa. METHODS Human nasal mucosa was removed endoscopically and cultured for 10 days. Cell cultures with ciliated cells grown on an object slide were exposed to benz...