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Sepsis Following Laparotomy for Trauma - Don’t Watch and Wait

McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020
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Methamphetamine poisoning due to body packer swallowing in a prisoner

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Individuals who introduce illicit substances such as opioids and amphetamines into the gastrointestinal tract by swallowing or inserting them into the rectum are known as body packers.
Ramin Rouhani, Zakaria Zakariaei, Abdollah Malakian, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Mostafa Soleymani   +4 more
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Intraoperative lung protective ventilation in peritonitis patients undergoing emergency laparotomy: A randomised controlled trial

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2021
Background and Aims: Lung protective ventilation (LPV) is recommended in acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, role of intraoperative LPV in elective laparotomy is controversial and it has not been evaluated in emergency laparotomy (EL).
Apala Roy Chowdhury, Rajkumar Subramanian, Souvik Maitra, Sulagna Bhattacharjee, Ramakrishnan Lakshmy, Dalim Kumar Baidya   +5 more
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Dopexamine can attenuate the inflammatory response and protect against organ injury in the absence of significant effects on hemodynamics or regional microvascular flow [PDF]

, 2013
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work ...
Bangash, MN, Benetti, E, Collino, M, Hinds, CJ, Patel, NSA, Pearse, RM, Thiemermann, C   +6 more
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Laparotomy for treatment of seizures [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2008
A 57-year-old man self-referred to the emergency department. Upon arrival he had a grand mal seizure followed by a cardiac arrest. Cardiac output was promptly restored. As seizures continued infusions of propofol, midazolam and phenytoin were started. Empirical aciclovir and ceftriaxone were also given. A head CT and lumbar puncture were non-diagnostic.
L Dvorkin, Piotr Szawarski, E Tam
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Abdominal decompression for abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill patients: a retrospective study [PDF]

, 2010
Background. The abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) refers to organ dysfunction that may occur as a result of increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Successful management may require abdominal decompression and temporary abdominal closure (TAC).
Ceelen, Wim, De laet, Inneke, De Waele, Jan, Desender, Liesbeth, Hoste, Eric, Pattyn, Piet   +5 more
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Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Surgery for Women With Early-Stage Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
ObjectiveThis study evaluated the oncologic outcomes of laparoscopy and laparotomy in the management of early-stage ovarian cancer patients.MethodsWe conducted an observational study of women diagnosed with International Federation of Gynecology and ...
Xuting Ran, Xuting Ran, Xinlin He, Xinlin He, Zhengyu Li, Zhengyu Li   +5 more
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History of the Innovation of Damage Control for Management of Trauma Patients: 1902-2016 [PDF]

, 2017
Objective: To review the history of the innovation of damage control (DC) for management of trauma patients. Background: DC is an important development in trauma care that provides a valuable case study in surgical innovation.
Ball, Chad G., Fabian, Timothy C., Feliciano, David V., Ivatury, Rao R., Kirkpatrick, Andrew W., Lucas, Charles E., Moore, Ernest E., Roberts, Derek J., Stelfox, Henry T., Zygun, David A.   +9 more
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A clinician’s guide to management of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome in critically ill patients [PDF]

, 2020
This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2020. Other selected articles can be found online at .
A Beurton, A Regli, A Regli, A Reintam Blaser, A Umgelter, A Umgelter, AR Blaser, AW Kirkpatrick, AZ Al-Bahrani, B Keulenaer De, BA Latenser, BL Keulenaer De, CC Petro, CG Ball, EE Frezza, FH Verbrugge, GL Gupte, H Thai, I laet De, I Laet De, I Laet De, IE Laet De, IL Kron, J Bunni, J Oda, JC Duchesne, JJ Waele De, JJ Waele De, JJ Waele De, JJ Waele De, JJL Chionh, KH Kyoung, L Dalfino, L Damme Van, M Tasdogan, MF Struck, MJ Lozada, ML Cheatham, ML Cheatham, ML Cheatham, ML Cheatham, ML Malbrain, ML Malbrain, ML Malbrain, ML Malbrain, ML Malbrain, ML Malbrain, MLNG Malbrain, PRAM Depauw, S Ahmadi-Noorbakhsh   +49 more
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Evaluation of the Collaborative Use of an Evidence-Based Care Bundle in Emergency Laparotomy

JAMA Surgery, 2019
Key Points Question Is a quality improvement collaborative approach to implementation of a care bundle associated with reductions in mortality from emergency laparotomy? Findings In this study of a collaborative project involving 28 hospitals and a total
G. Aggarwal, C. Peden, M. Mohammed, A. Pullyblank, B. Williams, T. Stephens, S. Kellett, J. Kirkby-bott, N. Quiney   +8 more
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