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Spinal Epidural Abscess [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2020
The aim of this simulation case is to educate senior medical students, resident physicians, and advanced practice providers on the recognition, diagnosis, and management of spinal epidural abscesses. This scenario is most applicable to the emergency medicine setting but can be applied to the outpatient office or urgent care settings.Spinal epidural ...
Luo, Christine T, Yee, Jennifer
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Oxytocin in pregnancy and the postpartum: relations to labor and its management [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine variations in endogenous oxytocin levels in pregnancy and postpartum state. We also explored the associations between delivery variables and oxytocin levels.
Marie ePrevost   +10 more
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Pain Management, Local Infection, Satisfaction, Adverse Effects and Residual Pain after Major Open Abdominal Surgery: Epidural versus Continuous Wound Infusion (PAMA Trial)

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2017
Introduction: The Management of postoperative pain after abdominal surgery is a major challenge to the anesthesiologist. The optimization of postoperative analgesia improves prognosis contributing also to patient satisfaction and reducing morbidity and ...
Rita Araújo   +11 more
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Limitations of the use of pressure waves to verify correct epidural needle position in dogs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The use of pressure waves to confirm the correct position of the epidural needle has been described in several domestic species and proposed as a valid alternative to standard methods, namely, control radiographic exam and fluoroscopy. The object of this
Adami, C, Bergadano, A, Spadavecchia, C
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Efficacy of epidural administration of morphine with bupivacaine for orthopaedic surgery in sheep [PDF]

open access: yesActa Veterinaria, 2012
The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that epidural administration of morphine with bupivacaine provides more intense and sufficient perioperative analgesia compared with parenterally administrated butorphanol during orthopaedic surgery ...
Durej M.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidural Hematoma Following Cervical Spine Surgery. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
STUDY DESIGN: A multicentered retrospective case series. OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and circumstances surrounding the development of a symptomatic postoperative epidural hematoma in the cervical spine.
Arnold, Paul M.   +28 more
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Epidural abscess complicating insertion of epidural catheters [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Anaesthesia, 2002
We present three cases of epidural abscess, all in patients in whom an epidural catheter had been inserted for postoperative pain management. In all three cases the infecting organism was Staphylococcus aureus and two patients had diabetes. The diagnosis was made within 3 days of epidural catheter removal in two cases, but in one the abscess did not ...
C. Roberts   +3 more
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A thoracic-epidural granulocytic sarcoma case that was diagnosed preceding the onset of and that recurred co-incidental to acute promyelocytic leukemia, which developed after surgical treatment. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma is a tumor seen in myelocytic leukemia. Spinal epidural onset is rare and is generally seen before or together with the onset of myelocytic leukemia.
Bayraktaroglu, Taner   +6 more
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Anesthesia for a Patient with Myotonic Dystrophy

open access: yesHaseki Tıp Bülteni, 2016
Myotonic dystrophy is the most common myotonic syndrome causing abnormalities of the skeletal and smooth muscles as well as problems related to the cardiac, gastrointestinal and endocrine systems. In affected people, reduced functional residual capacity,
Dilek Kalaycı   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Commercial massage tool‐induced spinal epidural hematoma

open access: yesAcute Medicine & Surgery, 2023
Background Spinal epidural hematoma (SEH), which may develop into an emergency condition, is a rare disease. Here, we present the case of a patient with SEH caused by cervical massage using a commercial massage tool.
Yoshiteru Tominaga   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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