Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the perceptions Indigenous medical students on postgraduate admissions through an pathway (IAP), and determine what factors may influence students’ choice residency training program. Methods: We distributed a survey self-identified at settler Canadian schools. questioned acceptability IAP, would application IAP. Analysis included descriptive s...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to quantify bacterial translocation to mesenteric lymph nodes due to different levels of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH; 15 vs. 30 mmHg) lasting for 24 h in a porcine model. METHODS We examined 18 anesthetized and intubated pigs (52.3 ± 4.7 kg) which were randomly allocated to three experimental groups (each n = 6) and studied over a period o...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiology and outcomes of intra-abdominal hypertension in a heterogeneous intensive care unit population. DESIGN This was a prospective cohort study. SETTING This study was conducted at a medical-surgical intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS Study patients included all those consecutively admitted during 9 mon...

BACKGROUND Hospital mortality in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) remains high. Some of these patients develop increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) which may contribute to organ dysfunction. The aims of this study were to evaluate the frequency of increased IAP in patients with SAP and to assess the development of organ dysfunction and factors associated with high IAP. METHOD...

BACKGROUND/AIM Intraabdominal hypertension (IAH) is a common clinical finding in patients with acute pancreatitis and is associated with poor prognosis. This study aimed to determine the impact of intraabdominal pressure (IAP) on the mortality rate in patients with acute pancreatitis in an intensive care unit. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 patients with acute pancreatitis were included ...

REVISED ABSTRACT RATIONALE: For many years the intracarotid amobarbital procedure (IAP) or Wada test has been used to clarify and establish hemispheric language dominance in preparation for epilepsy surgery. Since the IAP is an invasive procedure, finding an alternative means of obtaining this information is desirable. Recently magnetoencephalography or magnetic source imaging (MSI) has shown p...

since co2 pneumoperitoneum is the dominant method of laparoscopic exposure due to facility and good view, its physiologic effects are most relevant to the surgeons. co2 pneumoperitoneum may affects hemodynamics by increased intra-abdominal pressure (iap) and the physiologic effects of absorbed co2. the adverse effects of both mechanisms relate directly to the duration of the pneumoperitoneum an...

Choice set generation is a challenging task, since the consideration generally unknown to modelers, and full choice could be too large enumerated. The proposed variational autoencoder approach (VAE) motivated by idea that chosen alternatives must belong set. VAE method explicitly considers maximizing likelihood of including in inferring underlying process. This paper derives generalized extreme...

OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness and safety of delayed antibiotic prescription (DAP) compared to immediate (IAP) no (NAP) in children with uncomplicated respiratory infections. METHODS: Randomized clinical trial comparing 3 strategies. The participants were acute infections attended 39 primary care centers. Children randomly assigned into arms as follows: (1) DAP, (2) IAP, or (3) NAP. Pr...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate the effects of body mass index (BMI) on intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and intraoperative blood loss (IBL) during lumbar spinal surgery. METHODS Thirty patients scheduled for single level posterior lumbar interbody fusion were allocated equally to a normal group (Group 1, BMI;18.5-22.9 kg/m(2)), an overweight group (Group 2, BMI;...