BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the induction and recovery characteristics associated with propofol induction and halothane maintenance with sevoflurane anaesthesia in paediatric day surgery. METHODS In total, 322 children were assigned randomly to i.v. propofol induction and halothane/nitrous oxide maintenance or sevoflurane/nitrous oxide alone. The patients' age, sex, and ty...

BACKGROUND As the demand for health care services increases, the need to improve patient flow between departments has likewise increased. Understanding how the master surgical schedule (MSS) affects the inpatient wards and exploiting this relationship can lead to a decrease in surgery cancellations, a more balanced workload, and an improvement in resource utilization. We modeled this relationsh...

Psychological tensions and job exhaustion can have a negative impact on professional satisfaction and patients caring. The present study is aimed at examining and comparing career exhaustion among nurses working in surgery and internal wards. This is a descriptive study. The questionnaires concerning demographic information were distributed anonymously among 61 nurses working in surgery and int...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To develop an integrated strategy for the identification and subsequent management of high-risk patients in order to reduce both morbidity and mortality. DESIGN Prospective consecutive series in which all patients underwent cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) testing. SETTING CPX laboratory and level 3 ICU and high-dependency unit (HDU) of a metropolitan teaching hospital. PATI...

BACKGROUND The transversus abdominis plane block is recently described peripheral block to providing analgesia to the anterior abdominal wall. The goal of this study is to evaluate the analgesic efficacy of the ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block (US-TAP block) in patients undergoing gynecologic surgery via a transverse lower abdominal skin incision. METHODS Thirty-two patient...

BACKGROUND The aim of a rapid response system (RRS) is to improve the timely recognition and treatment of ward patients with deteriorating vital signs The system is based on a set of clinical criteria that are used to assess patient's vital signs on a general ward. Once a patient is evaluated as critical, a medical emergency team is activated to more thoroughly assess the patient's physical con...

[Purpose] The purpose of the present study was to investigate the reliability of isometric knee extension muscle strength measurement of patients who underwent femoral neck fracture surgery, as well as the relationship between independent mobility in the ward and knee muscle strength. [Subjects] The subjects were 75 patients who underwent femoral neck fracture surgery. [Methods] We used a hand-...