abstract background this study aimed to compare sedative and analgesic effects of oral midazolam and ketamine on bone marrow aspiration (bma) and lumbar puncture (lp). material and methods this study was a randomized clinical trial and was performed in amirkola hospital in north of iran, babol during 2011 and 2012 .the study population consisted of 40 patients who underwent the first time of di...

introduction: the preoperative diagnostic evaluation of the parotid lesion is a valuable aid in planning the operation and the approach to intervention. among different diagnostic tools, fine needle aspiration has a key role. however, the exact efficacy of this technique in our center had not been thoroughly investigated. materials and methods: between january 2000 and june 2007 a subset of 64 ...

We describe two otherwise healthy subjects with many years sequelae due to lung aspiration. In both, diagnosis was delayed due to lack of history of aspiration. Recurrent pneumonia in the same segment in one, and migratory pneumonia in the other, could have suggested the diagnosis. Review of the literature shows that occult foreign body aspiration poses difficulties in diagnosis and that often ...

In the current hotel sales trend due to COVID-19 pandemic, few empirical studies have discussed appraisal determinants and prioritization in terms of operational efficiency. This paper presents an innovative approach for practice efficiency based on multiple criteria decision making (MCDM). The DANPmV model is used identify related actual practices, including techniques decision-making trial ev...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of aspiration in patients with newly diagnosed nontreated advanced head and neck cancer and to determine the ability of the clinical examination to predict aspiration in this patient population. DESIGN A descriptive prevalence study of the presence of aspiration in patients with advanced (stages III and IV) head and neck cancer and a prospective correlat...

Background: Aspiration pneumonia is a rare but serious complication that carries significant morbidity following surgery. This study was undertaken to identify pre-operative and operative risk factors and develop a predictive model for aspiration pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients. Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of our institution’s Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ (STS) cardi...

CONTEXT Many patients in use of mechanical ventilation show clinical complications due to tracheal aspiration. Assessment and early methods are necessary, so that preventive and safety measures apply to this patients. OBJECTIVE To study the incidence of tracheal aspiration of saliva in tracheotomized patients treated in intensive care unit using two modes of mechanical ventilation and with di...

OBJECTIVE To determine the major risk factors and abnormal videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) findings associated with aspiration in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). METHOD Risk factors associated with aspiration were investigated retrospectively in 241 patients with HNC using medical records and pre-recorded VFSS. Age, gender, lesion location and stage, treatment factors, and...