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General anaesthesia for thyroplasty [PDF]
Anaesthesia, 1998 A new anaesthetic technique is described for thyroplasty. Thyroplasty was performed to restore the voice in unilateral vocal cord paralysis. After skin incision and dissection down to the larynx, a window was cut in the thyroid ala and a silastic wedge used to displace the vocal cord medially.
J. Russell, F. Chambers, M. Griffin
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Trials, 2020 Background Elevated postoperative N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations are predictive for cardiac adverse events in noncardiac surgery.
Christian Reiterer +8 more
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Face Coverings, Aerosol Dispersion and Mitigation of Virus Transmission Risk [PDF]
IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2021, 2020 The SARS-CoV-2 virus is primarily transmitted through virus-laden fluid particles ejected from the mouth of infected people. Face covers can mitigate the risk of virus transmission but their outward effectiveness is not fully ascertained. Objective: by using a background oriented schlieren technique, we aim to investigate the air flow ejected by a ...
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IS SPINAL ANAESTHESIA A CONVIENIENT OPTION FOR LOWER SEGMENT CAESAREAN SECTION IN MODERATE TO SEVERE PREECLAPSIA IN PATIENTS WITH NORMAL BLOOD INDICIES? [PDF]
Basrah Journal of Surgery, 2015 Caesarean section is a common technique of terminating pregnancy in pre-eclamptic patients. The anaesthesiologists are more possible to face a difficult airway in a pre-eclamptic patient.
Nawfal Ali Mubarak
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Eye-tracking during simulation-based echocardiography: a feasibility study
BMC Medical Education, 2023 Introduction Due to the technical progress point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly used in critical care medicine. However, optimal training strategies and support for novices have not been thoroughly researched so far.
Christina Hafner +10 more
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Does anaesthesia cause postoperative cognitive dysfunction? A randomised study of regional versus general anaesthesia in 438 elderly patients [PDF]
, 2003 Keywords:anesthesia;cognitive function;complications;postoperative period;regional anesthesia;surgery Background: Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common complication after cardiac and major non-cardiac surgery with general anaesthesia in ...
Abildstrom, H. +17 more
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2023 Background Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is a common postoperative disorder that is frequently observed after general anesthesia, which seriously threatens the quality of patients’ life.
Junxia Zhang +5 more
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A comparison of medetomidine and its active enantiomer dexmedetomidine when administered with ketamine in mice [PDF]
, 2013 Medetomidine-ketamine (MK) and dexmedetomidine-ketamine (DK) are widely used to provide general anaesthesia in laboratory animals, but have not been compared directly in many of these species, including rodents.
Burnside, Wesley M. +3 more
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EClinicalMedicine, 2023 Summary: Background: Whether the route of anaesthesia is an independent risk factor for dementia remains unclear. Therefore, we conducted a propensity score–matched (PSM) population-based cohort study to compare dementia incidence among surgical ...
Mingyang Sun +3 more
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy under spinal anaesthesia: A prospective, randomised study
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2013 Context: Spinal anaesthesia has been reported as an alternative to general anaesthesia for performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Aims: Study aimed to evaluate efficacy, safety and cost benefit of conducting laparoscopic cholecystectomy under ...
Sangeeta Tiwari +3 more
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