The present study was aimed to investigate the effects of infusion of different fluids combined with controlled hypotension on gastric intramucosal pH (pHi) and postoperative gastrointestinal function in patients undergoing hepatocarcinoma surgery. Forty-five patients (ASA II) scheduled for surgical resection of hepatocarcinoma undergoing controlled hypotension were randomly assigned to three g...

Contents 6 7 This dissertation is based on the following original publications, which will be referred to in the text by their Roman numerals I-V. Comparison of analgesic efficacy of oxycodone and morphine in postoperative intravenous patient-controlled analgesia. Efficacy and side effects of tramadol versus oxycodone for patient-controlled analgesia after maxillofacial surgery. Comparison of i...

objective: determination and comparison of the effect of infusion time on the antioxidant activity and total polyphenol contents of bagged and loosely packed black teas. materials and methods: for twenty loosely packed and eleven bagged tea samples, the antioxidant activity and total polyphenol content were analyzed using frap and folin-ciocalteau methods, respectively. the anova with tukey pos...

BACKGROUND Closed-loop feedback computer-controlled infusion has not been described for administering phenylephrine to maintain arterial pressure (AP) during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean delivery. We aimed to compare AP control using this automated system with a previously described manual infusion system. METHODS We randomly allocated 222 healthy subjects having spinal anaesthesia for sc...

We have examined postoperative pain in patients allocated randomly to receive extradural bolus diamorphine 3.6 mg, extradural infusion of 0.15% bupivacaine with 0.01% diamorphine or patient-controlled i.v. administration of diamorphine at a maximum rate of 1 mg per 5 min, after total abdominal hysterectomy. Extradural infusion analgesia produced the smallest pain scores from 12 to 24 h after su...

The relative efficacy of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion and multiple daily injections in individuals with type 1 diabetes is unclear. We sought to synthesize the existing evidence about the effect of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion on glycosylated hemoglobin, hypoglycemic events, and time spent in hypoglycemia compared to multiple daily injections. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE...

long-term intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) infusion is an effective treatment for children with humoral immunodeficiencies, already be complicated by systemic ad¬verse effects. in order to determine the adverse effects of intravenous immunoglobulin inpatients with antibody deficiency, 45 immunodeficientpatients receiving intravenous immunoglobulin were studied during a 36-month period at child...

Background: Spinal anesthesia is the recommended technique in elective cesarean sections. Usage of vasopressors more widely accepted as an effective method for decreasing postspinal hypotension than fluid loading. However, ideal vasopressor to prevent spinal during section has been a subject much debate. It should maintain maternal blood pressure and placental perfusion, with minimal adverse ef...