The giant Aceh–Sumatran 2004 earthquake is the largest earthquake recorded since the great Chilean 1960 and the Alaskan 1964 events. The Earth’s free oscillations were strongly excited and recorded by numerous stations with an extremely good signal-to-noise ratio, even for the gravest modes. These particular modes are interesting because phases of these well-separated split free oscillations ca...

Corresponding author: Jae Hwan Kim, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, 516, Gojan 1-dong, Danwon-gu, Ansan 425-707, Korea. Tel: 82-31-412-5295, Fax: 82-31-412-5294, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/lice...

the objective of the present experience was to study the effects of metoclopramide and tramadol on epidural analgesia induced by lidocaine in rabbits.fifteen healthy new zealand white rabbits weighting 3-3.5 kg of both genders were used.animals were divided randomly into three groups. three different combinations of drugs were injected into the epidural space to induce epidural analgesia in the...

The effect of temperature on the refractory period in nerve fibres is of the same magnitude as its effect on the duration of the action potential (Tasaki, 1949) or as the effect of temperature on the duration of the falling phase of the spike (Adrian, 1921). Temperature coefficients (Q10) as high as 4 have been calculated for the refractory period in single fibres of the frog by Schoepfle & Erl...

BackgroundCommandEP™ is a mixed reality (MXR) system for cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures providing real time 3-dimensional digital image of geometry and catheter locations. In previous study, physicians using the demonstrated improved navigational accuracy. This study investigated impact CommandEP on EP procedure times compared to standard-of-care electroanatomic mapping (EAMS) displa...

IZAKI A., SHIMO-OKU M. Deparfment of Ophthalmology, Hyogo College of Medicine (Japan) Puroose : Blink reflexes evoked with comeal sensation or flash light stimulation are widely performed to examine optic, trigeminal and facial nerve. Both the electro-oculographic findings of lid movements and scleral search coil findings of eye movements during those blinks were investigated previously, we stu...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Perineural analgesics are used for lameness diagnosis but the duration of effect, knowledge of which would provide valuable information when performing subsequent blocks, is unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the duration of a palmar digital nerve block using force plate measurements. METHODS Ten horses diagnosed with unilateral navicular syndrome were trotted at ra...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This prospective, randomized, double blind study was designed to determine whether reduction in volume from 20 to 10 mL of ropivacaine 0.5% for ultrasound-guided interscalene block might decrease the incidence of diaphragmatic paresis and preserve pulmonary function. METHOD Thirty patients scheduled for arthroscopic shoulder surgery were randomized to receive either ...

IZAKI A., SHIMO-OKU M. Deparfment of Ophthalmology, Hyogo College of Medicine (Japan) Puroose : Blink reflexes evoked with comeal sensation or flash light stimulation are widely performed to examine optic, trigeminal and facial nerve. Both the electro-oculographic findings of lid movements and scleral search coil findings of eye movements during those blinks were investigated previously, we stu...

BACKGROUND Myocardial ischemia is one of several causes of prolonged QT dispersion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect that percutaneous coronary intervention has on the depolarization and repolarization parameters of surface electrocardiography in patients with chronic stable angina. METHODS We assessed the effects of full revascularization in patients with chronic stable angin...