AIM To evaluate microcirculatory changes in neighboring parenchyma as a result of pressure due to chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) in early and late periods after hematoma drainage. MATERIAL AND METHODS The subjects comprised 25 patients who underwent CSDH drainage. Brain diffusion and perfusion MRIs were obtained preoperatively, 48 h (early period) and 2 months (late period) postoperatively....

BackgroundAnxiety is common in surgical patients during the preoperative period. High levels of preoperative anxiety have unfavorable effects on induction and maintenance of anaesthesia as well as on the recovery from anaesthesia and surgery. The incidence of preoperative anxiety for surgical patients in the Niger Delta region is not known, ObjectiveTo determine the factors responsible for preo...

background : anxiety is the one of the most common problems before the surgery. its prevalence rate ranged from 11 to 80 percent in all the adult patients. delay in wound healing and increasing use of narcotics and anesthetics are some of the other accompanying problems. aromatherapy is one of the complementary medicine components. it is applied by special type of oil extracted from aromatic pl...

Objective The aim of the study is to determine the oxidative status in on-pump and off-pump coronary artery surgery and contribute to possible surgical choices in clinical practices in accordance with the information obtained as a result of this study. Methods 52 patients undergoing open heart surgery (26 patients in on-pump group and 26 patients in off-pump group) were included in the study....

UNLABELLED We sought to determine whether an extensive behavioral preparation program for children undergoing surgery is more effective than a limited behavioral program. The primary end point was child and parent anxiety during the preoperative period. Secondary end points included behavior of the child during the induction of anesthesia and the postoperative recovery period. Several days befo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A significant number of children undergo surgery experience high levels of anxiety in the presurgical period. The aim of this study is to investigate which intervention is more effective in reducing preoperative anxiety. METHODS/MATERIALS The sample was composed of 75 subjects (aged 5-12 years) who had to undergo minor day surgery. Children were randomly assigned to:...

BACKGROUND Hip fractures surgery is often delayed for several days. The present work has two objectives. The first one is to determine the preoperative hospital length of stay of patients with a hip fracture in our region and its possible correlation with an increase in mortality rate. Secondly we assessed the healthcare expenditure associated to this preoperative period. METHODS We carried o...

conclusions a single preoperative oral dose of pregabalin, acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, and naproxen one hour before surgery is an effective method for reducing postoperative pain and morphine consumption in patients undergoing radical neck dissection. background preemptive analgesia may be considered as a method not only to alleviate postoperative pain but also to decrease analgesic consum...

Much research has suggested that facial identification has some characteristics of automaticity, in that it is rapid, nonconscious, and mandatory. However, little research has tested whether it can occur even if attention is already devoted to the demanding central processes of another task. In the present study, we addressed this type of automaticity using the psychological refractory period p...