Πλοήγηση ανά Θέμα "Anesthesiology"
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Accuracy of leptin serum level in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia: a case-control study
(2014)Background. Undernutrition causes a reduction of body-fat mass and a decrease in the circulating concentration of leptin which impairs the production of proinflammatory cytokines and increases the incidence of infectious ... -
Anesthetic Ketamine Impairs Rats' Recall of Previous Information The Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine Methylester Antagonizes This Ketamine-induced Recognition Memory Deficit
(2011)Background: There is poor experimental evidence concerning the effects of anesthetic doses of the noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist ketamine on rodents' memory abilities. The current study was designed ... -
Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme gene I/D polymorphism and its expression on clinical outcome in acute respiratory distress syndrome
(2013)Background. The role of the D allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene I/D polymorphism in the clinical outcomes of patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) remains ... -
The effect of homocysteine on the clinical outcomes of ventilated patients with severe sepsis
(2010)Background. There is considerable evidence that elevated plasma homocysteine levels are associated with a prothrombotic milieu, whereas activation of the coagulation cascade is an important component of the pathogenesis ... -
The effect of lung expansion and positive end-expiratory pressure on anesthetized children
(2008)BACKGROUND: Imaging studies have shown that general anesthesia in children results in atelectasis. Lung recruitment total lung capacity (TLC) maneuvers plus positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) are effective in preventing ... -
Efficiency of a pneumatic device in controlling cuff pressure of polyurethane-cuffed tracheal tubes: a randomized controlled study
(2013)Background: The primary objective of this study was to determine the efficiency of a pneumatic device in controlling cuff pressure (Pcuff) in patients intubated with polyurethane-cuffed tracheal tubes. Secondary objectives ... -
Impact of intraoperative hypotension on hospital stay in major abdominal surgery
(2011)Although the relationship between preoperative risk factors and outcomes has been extensively studied, the effect of intraoperative hemodynamic changes in a patient's postoperative course has been less well defined. We ... -
Malpractice issues in modern anaesthesiology
(2007)Medical malpractice has been raised as an important problem in daily practice, while the media and public remain unforgiving to those perceived to have harmed the patients' life. This article highlights important legal ... -
Thoracic Epidural Analgesia With Levobupivacaine for 6 Postoperative Days Attenuates Sympathetic Activation After Thoracic Surgery
(2011)Objective: To investigate the impact of 2 postoperative analgesic regimens on heart rate variability in patients who underwent thoracotomy. Design: A prospective, randomized trial. Setting: A single-institutional study in ...