We undertook a prospective, randomised study in order to evaluate the efficacy of clamping the drains after intra-articular injection of saline with 1:500 000 adrenaline compared with post-operative blood salvage in reducing blood loss in 212 total knee arthroplasties. The mean post-operative drained blood volume after drain clamping was 352.1 ml compared to 662.3 ml after blood salvage (p < 0....

the use of local anesthesia with lidocaine containing epinephrine in patients with cardiac disease is controversial in the literature. the aim of our study was determining the safety of use the local anesthesia contain epinephrine in patients with ischemic heart disease that undergoing reconstructive surgery. thirty two patients that had known ischemic heart disease and candidate to undergo rec...

Though the induction of malaria by injection of parasitized blood is not a new idea, and lias long been in use in the treatment of cerebrospinal syphilis, the first authentic report of accidental transmission of malaria through transfusion of blood was probably made by Woolsey in 1911, who reported the transmission of quartan malaria through blood transfusion in a case of pernicious anaemia. Si...

Sir,—It was interesting to read that Drs Jones, Molloy and Rosen used a similar injection technique to ours for analysis of volatile anaesthetics in whole blood (Brit. J. Anaesth. (1972), 44, 124). We have found pretreatment of blood samples to be unnecessary if glass liners are used in the injection port, columns are made of liquid methyl silicone (OV101) and the solid support is Chromosorb W ...

The pattern of development of symptoms was studied following injection of 3 MLD (minimum lethal dose) of tetanus toxin in each of the following sites in the rat: vein, muscle, endoneurium, epineurium, spinal cord, subarachnoid space, and subdural space. Similar observations were made when 3 MPD (minimum protective dose) of antitoxin were injected into each of the above sites a few minutes after...

Background: Plantar fasciitis was initially thought to be an acute inflammatory disease, but histology findings show that it is a chronic degenerative process leading pain at the calcaneal insertion without any inflammation. The diagnosis of plantar mainly based on clinical symptoms, like heel and tightness, diagnostic imaging not routinely required. Injection autologous blood can help stimulat...

The blood flow changes in the optic nerve head in adult albino rabbits following intravenous administration of brovincamine fumarate, an improver of cerebral circulation and metabolism, were investigated employing the hydrogen clearance method. In the brovincamine fumarate (0.1 mg/kg)-administered group, the blood flow in the optic nerve head increased soon after injection and reached the maxim...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Enhancing hematoma clearance through phagocytosis may reduce brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage. In the current study, we investigated the role of cluster of differentiation 47 (CD47) in regulating erythrophagocytosis and brain injury after intracerebral hemorrhage in nude mice. METHODS This study was in 2 parts. First, male adult nude mice had an intracaudate ...