Perioperative Anämie

Perioperative fasting and children: A review article

This review provides an overview of the present knowledge on the aspects of preoperative fasting with the assessment of the evidence quality. A systematic research was conducted in electronic databases in order to identify trials published between 1990 and 2014 concerning preoperative fasting, early resumption of oral intake and the effects of oral carbohydrate mixtures on gastric emptying and ...

Perioperative radiation exposure in a pregnant woman

The perioperative imaging of a pregnant woman presents a unique challenge to orthopaedics surgeon as concern about the radiation risk to the embryo or fetus. This article highlights effect of radiation exposure on foetus.I would like to discuss about the amount of radiation exposure in a pregnant woman during fluoroscopic guided closed femoral Interlock nailing as radiation has significant...

Perioperative Management of Rhinoplasty without Epinephrine

In the last years, number of rhinoplasty operations is ever increasing, but what can be done when there is a contraindication to use a vasoconstrictor?2 In our case, we presented our perioperative management of a female patient, epinephrine intolerant, who was arranged for rhinoplasty.

An Audit of Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Time to Take Action

Perioperative Medicine

Background: It has been reported that bilateral lesions of the basolateral amygdala complex (BLA) blocked propofolinduced amnesia of inhibitory avoidance (IA) training. Based on these results, the authors hypothesized that the amnesia effect of propofol was partly due to its impairment of memory formation in the hippocampus through activating the BLA -aminobutyric acid type A receptor function....