background: early warning of potential damage to spinal cord during major spinal surgery is highly desirable to prevent post-operative neurological deficits. wake-up test is a simple, safe and reliable method of recognition of such a complication, and has been extensively used in many spinal surgical units. the present study is evaluating the remifentanil, propofol versus alfentanil, propofol a...

background to compare the efficacy of a 48 hour infusion of octerotide with a five-day infusion to prevent rebleeding and mortality at one week and one month in patients who present with acute esophageal variceal bleeding. materials and methods patients who presented to emam hospital of ahwaz jundishapur university of medical sciences that were diagnosed with acute variceal bleeding were commen...

OBJECTIVE Evaluation of the time required until a change in the basal insulin infusion rate with an insulin pump induces subsequent changes in the metabolic effect. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In this euglycemic glucose clamp study, 10 male subjects with type 1 diabetes received three different subcutaneous insulin infusion rates (0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 units/h; for 4 h each) of insulin lispro (IL) ...

Retrospective cohort study. Data was collected from medical records June 2018 to September 2019 for consecutive patients aged 18 and older undergoing elective laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy obesity. A standardized ERAS pathway bariatric surgery utilized in all study patients. For anesthetic maintenance, the OFA group (n = 46) received propofol combined with dexmedetomidine, lidocaine, and/or k...

Abstract Background The 2018 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) OPAT guidelines recommend that an outpatient-initiated first dose may be administered at home under the supervision healthcare personnel who are trained to respond IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reactions. This involve a health nurse, but if resources limited, agencies require first-dose infusion completed in monitored se...