of asthma. No subject was assuming drugs or had suffered from respiratory infections in the last month. All subjects had normal lung function tests. With HViso 10 subjects had EI-B and 12 had EI-VCD. With HVhypo 8 subjects had EI-B and 15 EI-VCD. Eighteen subiects (49%) had Ddef (serum 25hydroxycholecalcipherol , 25 ng/mL). Serum levels of vitamin D were significantly lower in athletes with tha...

Complications of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) were prospectively evaluated during 1,328 diagnostic procedures in children, not in intensive care units. A total 92.8% of the procedures were performed in conscious patients under sedation and 7.2% under deep sedation. Supplementary oxygen was provided in approximately 80% of cases via endoscopic face mask (n=783) or nasal prongs (n=290). At least on...

Background. Ketamine sedation has been found superior by physician report to traditional sedation regimens for pediatric endoscopy. Goal. To objectively compare sedation with ketamine versus midazolam/fentanyl for children undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy. Study. Patients received one of two regimens and were independently monitored using a standardized rating scale. Results. There were 2 ...

of asthma. No subject was assuming drugs or had suffered from respiratory infections in the last month. All subjects had normal lung function tests. With HViso 10 subjects had EI-B and 12 had EI-VCD. With HVhypo 8 subjects had EI-B and 15 EI-VCD. Eighteen subiects (49%) had Ddef (serum 25hydroxycholecalcipherol , 25 ng/mL). Serum levels of vitamin D were significantly lower in athletes with tha...

We aimed to describe the successful use of low doses ketamine hydrochloride with diazepam premedication sedate children ages between 3days five years who presented at three diagnostic centres in Port Harcourt Nigeria for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within a five-year period. This was done an environment no MRI compatible anaesthetic machine and monitoring by anaesthetist suites. The averag...

Post-anesthesia stridor due to laryngospasm, laryngeal edema, or any other organic cause is a life-threatening condition requiring immediate intervention. The very rare functional psychogenic following emergence from general anesthesia may sometimes mimic an cause, but it neither fatal nor require airway management. However, if the not diagnosed timely, lead unnecessary manipulation of airway, ...