Spinal involvement in mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (Morquio-Brailsford or Morquio A syndrome): presentation, diagnosis and management. [PDF]
Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (MPS IVA), also known as Morquio-Brailsford or Morquio A syndrome, is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme N-acetyl-galactosamine-6-sulphate sulphatase (GALNS). MPS IVA is multisystemic but manifests
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Lumbar puncture for the generalist [PDF]
The safe and successful performance of a lumbar puncture demands a working and yet specific knowledge as well as competency in performance. This review aims to aid understanding of the knowledge framework, the pitfalls and complications of lumbar ...
Abrahams, Peter H.+3 more
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Background Spinal anaesthesia preceding general anaesthesia has been conducted for open radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) to decrease immediate postoperative pain for many years.
Sandra Funcke+6 more
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A snap-shot survey of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section: The Nigeria experience
Background and Objective: In the last several decades, there has been a shift from general anaesthesia to regional anaesthesia for caesarean section worldwide.
Charles Imarengiaye+3 more
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Background: Spinal anaesthesia is the commonest performed technique for caesarean deliveries except in the emergency setting where general anaesthesia is preferred due to its rapid onset and predictability.
Marcelo Epsztein Kanczuk+5 more
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Fast glycorrhachia and cerebrospinal fluid protein as predictors of sensory block in anesthesia with subarachnoid Ropivacaine [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Identify if glycorrhachia and cerebrospinal fluid protein could influence the time of sensory block to T10, the duration and the metameric block's level, after a standard dose of Ropivacaine. METHODS: 80 patients, ASA I - III undergoing to
COLLINI, Saul+5 more
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COMPARISON OF THE DURATIONS AND COMPLICATIONS OF SPINAL ANAESTHESIA BETWEEN UNILATERAL SPINAL ANAESTHESIA AND BILATERAL SPINAL ANAESTHESIA FOR UNILATERAL LOWER LIMB SURGERY [PDF]
Despite the advantages of spinal anaesthesia when compared to general anaesthesia, it is associated with complications such as hypotension, bradycardia, shivering and nausea.
Degri Jauro Pobe+4 more
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Total Spinal Anaesthesia [PDF]
One hundred patients were given total spinal anaesthesia for major intra-abdominal surgery. Operating conditions were excellent, superior to that provided by relaxant general anaesthesia and free from hiccough and other reflex phenomena. However, the technique developed in this study provided anaesthesia which is too inflexible for widespread ...
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Perioperative and anesthetic deaths: toxicological and medico legal aspects [PDF]
Background: Anesthesia has become safer during decades, though there is still a preventable mortality; the complexity of medical and surgical interventions, increasingly older and sicker patients, has created a host of new hazards in anesthesiology.
Argo A.+5 more
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Limitations of the use of pressure waves to verify correct epidural needle position in dogs [PDF]
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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