The vast majority of dogs with cervical disk herniation experience cervical pain and only mild motor deficits; therefore, not much is known about the factors that predict recovery in dogs with nonambulatory tetraparesis (NAT) secondary to cervical disk herniation. In this retrospective study, we tested the hypothesis that two previously reported prognostic factors, site of disk herniation and s...

BACKGROUND Postoperative residual blockade, longer duration of action for neuromuscular blockade, and slower recovery were relatively common in elderly patients. OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate the safety of train-of-four ratio and clinical tests in the assessment of patient recovery, and to determine the effects of the rocuronium, vecuronium, and cisatracurium on intubation, extubation an...

We investigated the kinetics of enthalpy recovery of several glass-forming polymers at temperatures significantly below the glass transition temperature (Tg) and for aging times up to one year. We find a double-step recovery at relatively low aging temperatures for the longest investigated aging times. The enthalpy recovered after the two-step decay approximately equals that expected by extrapo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is commonly used for treatment of depression, mania and affective disorders. Anaesthetics for general anaesthesia during ECT should have rapid onset, rapid emerge, not interfere with seizure activity and not shorten seizure duration. The aim of this study is to compare effects of enflurane, a pro-convulsive anaesthetic agent, and propofo...

Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines over several solid supported catalysts has been investigated. Among these catalysts, ZnCl2 .SiO2 (silzic) showed excellent yields and short reaction times. The silzic catalyst could be recovered and reused in five reaction cycles. The present procedure offers several advantages such as short reaction time, simplicity of the reaction procedure, the eliminatio...

BACKGROUND We conducted a prospective controlled clinical trial of the effect of isocapnic hyperpnoea (IH) on the times-to-recovery milestones in the operating room (OR) and postanesthetic care unit (PACU) after 1.5 to 3 hours of isoflurane anesthesia. METHODS Thirty ASA grade I-III patients undergoing elective gynecological surgery were randomized at the end of surgery to either IH or the co...

objective: to evaluate the current scientific evidence for the applicability, safety and effectiveness of pathways of enhanced recovery after emergency surgery (eras). methods: we undertook a search using pubmed and cochrane databases for eras protocols in emergency cases. the search generated 65 titles; after eliminating the papers not meeting search criteria, we selected 4 cohort studies and ...

BACKGROUND Advances in analytical methods of the epicardial electrical potentials allowed us to demonstrate spatial distributions of local recovery. Because local recovery will be reflected in events on body surface ECG mapping, abnormalities in recovery sequence that may be responsible for the origin of negative T waves can be detected from body surface potentials. METHODS AND RESULTS Eighty...

This study aimed to determine the effect of intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) on the depth of inhalation anaesthesia in parrots. Anaesthesia was induced with 3.0% isoflurane in six Sulphur-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita galerita) and maintained using either 1.5% or 3.0% during spontaneous ventilation (SV) or IPPV at 6 (IPPV-6) or 12 (IPPV-12) breaths per minute. The time ta...