Suxamethonium is safe in safe hands; mivacurium should also be considered

Are we really in safe hands? How safe is safe?

Is Daycare Tonsillectomy Safe?

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures performed by Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon.  Usually, the procedure is carried out as an inpatient surgery. With the increasing need to reduce healthcare costs, spare precious hospital beds, and shorten elective surgery lists, there is currently a trend towards performing tonsillectomy on a daycare basis.  Materials and Methods: A...

Staphylococcus lugdunensis; a pathogen that should be considered in Iran

Background: Staphylococcus lugdunensis is Gram-positive cocci of the staphylococcaceae family. S. lugdunensis despite having a clotting factor (wall coagulase), was classified in the coagulase negative staphylococcus group (CoNS) for lack of free coagulase. Although this bacterium is part of the human normal flora, in terms of virulence, S. lugdunensis is in second place after S. aureus. S. lug...

Safe food: should we be afraid?

comment on Schmidt CW: Safe food: an all-consuming issue. Environ Health Perspect 107:A144-A149 (1999).

The future of British otorhinolaryngology is in safe hands.

One of the most exciting developments in British otorhinolaryngology is the setting up of trainee networks to enhance research and audit. Mehta and colleagues have asked themselves whether they can design and deliver a national audit of how epistaxis is managed, given the perceived wide variations and lack of data. They confirm that they can and that there is variation in the management of epis...