ASPIRIN AND EXTRADURAL BLOCKS

Extradural Haematoma

EDH is most often due to a fractured temporal or parietal bone damaging the middle meningeal artery or vein, with blood collecting between the dura and the skull. It is typically caused by trauma to the temple just beside the eye, although it may also follow a tear in dural venous sinuses. Children are less likely than adults to have an associated skull fracture. EDH in the spinal column may fo...

The leukotriene-receptor antagonist MK-0679 blocks airway obstruction induced by inhaled lysine-aspirin in aspirin-sensitive asthmatics.

Drugs which block the action or formation of the cysteinyl leukotrienes (LTC4, LTD4 and LTE4) inhibit asthmatic responses evoked by allergen, exercise and cold dry air. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the specific leukotriene-receptor antagonist MK-0679 could block the airway obstruction induced by aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)) in aspirin-intolerant asthmatics. Eight a...

Globalization And Inequality In Different Economic Blocks

Extradural Haematoma

EDH is most often due to a fractured temporal or parietal bone damaging the middle meningeal artery or vein, with blood collecting between the dura and the skull. It is typically caused by trauma to the temple just beside the eye, although it may also follow a tear in dural venous sinuses. Children are less likely than adults to have an associated skull fracture. EDH in the spinal column may fo...

Delayed presentation of an extradural abscess complicating thoracic extradural analgesia.

Extradural abscess is a rare but recognized complication of extradural anaesthesia. Previous reports have been associated with a short time interval between extradural catheterization and presentation. We report a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, receiving steroid therapy, in whom an extradural abscess did not present until 23 days after the insertion of a thoracic extradural catheter to prov...