BACKGROUND Emergence delirium in the post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU) is poorly understood. The goal of this prospective study was to determine frequency and risk factors of emergence delirium in adults after general anaesthesia. METHODS In this prospective study, 1,359 consecutive patients were included. Contextual risk factors and occurrence of delirium according to the Riker sedation scal...

Abelha and colleagues evaluated the incidence and determinants of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) after major noncardiac surgery in patients with previously normal renal function. In this retrospective study of 1,166 patients with no previous renal insufficiency, who were admitted to a postsurgical intensive care unit (ICU) over a 2-year period, the incidence of AKI was 7.5%. Multivaria...

Key points † Metabolic syndrome is a distinct obesity-related syndrome characterized by truncal obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, and hypertension. † Metabolic syndrome predisposes to coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, obstructive sleep apnoea, pulmonary dysfunction, and deep venous thrombosis. † Since there are few data to support an evidencebased approach to global a...

purpose : to present the clinical features, biomechanical properties and management of a patient who developed unilateral corneal ectasia after photorefractive keratectomy (prk) case report : the patient was a 24-year-old man without any obvious preoperative risk factor for ectasia who underwent bilateral prk. four years after keratorefractive surgery, the patient presented with loss of visual ...