introduction: up to 12% of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft have pulmonary complications. smoking can cause a six-time increase in pulmonary complication after major surgery. the most common pulmonary changes after cabg are decrease in frc, vc and atelectasis. in this study, the effect of oral n-acetyl-cystein in reduction of severity of hypoxemia and atelectasis in current smok...

purpose: to detect the prevalence of dry eye after vitrectomy and its influencing factors. methods: schirmer i, tear basic secretion test and tear breakup time was done preoperatively and 3 months postoperatively on consecutive patients undergoing vitrectomy in khatam hospital from 2005 to 2006. eyes with previous peritomies of more than 120◦ and symptoms of dry eye or tear tests compatible wit...

abstractbackgroundline of treatment for management of hydrocephalus despite available new techniques andsystems of shunting. associated complications should be recognized and managed properly,but the most recognized complications are shunt obstruction which its prevalencethrough surgical approach is discussed here. two approaches (frontal and parietal) are usedto insert ventriculoperitoneal shu...

thrombocytopenia has been reported as a complication of phototherapy. in this study the effect of conventional phototherapy on platelet count was studied in 101 newborns with indirect hyperbilirubinemia, out of whom 50 patients (49.5%) had decreased levels of platelets; 20 (19.8%) of the latter had a platelet count of below 100000/mm3. decreased platelet count was maximum during the first 24 ho...

conclusions post immunization lv is a rare complication of the bcg vaccine and should be considered by any physician. lupus vulgaris is a paucibacillary form of tb. therefore, acid fast bacilli are not detected in most cases. the pcr is a useful method for confirmation of the diagnosis of lv. introduction lupus vulgaris (lv) is one type of cutaneous tuberculosis (tb) but a rare complication of ...

Placenta previa is a complication of labour which has always, with good reason, been dreaded by the accoucheur. There is no other complication which puts his skill and courage to so severe a test, and, except rupture of the uterus, there is none which is so dangerous. Fortunately it is rare. For this reason, as well as on account of its gravity, every case of placenta prsevia is worth recording...

The use of titanium cages for posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) has gained popularity because it offers the advantages of anterior column support and stabilization. However, cage migration into the spinal canal may have severe or disastrous consequences. Here, the authors report an unexpected case of posterior migration of fusion cages after screw removal in a patient that underwent PLIF...

Intravitreal fluocinolone acetonide implant (Retisert) has a high potency, a low solubility, and a very short duration of action in the systemic circulation, enabling the steroid pellet to be small and reducing the risk of systemic side effects. Scleral melt has not been reported as a possible complication of Retisert implant. The authors describe the occurrence of scleral melt 18 months after ...

BACKGROUND Catheter ablation has become an established treatment modality for a broad spectrum of ventricular tachycardias (VTs). We analyzed incidence and predictors of major complications of VT ablation procedures in a high-volume expert center. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated 548 consecutive patients who underwent 722 ablation procedures, 473 (65.5%) for structural heart disease VT in the...

Besides its severe neurological injuries, spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) commonly causes cardiac complications. These complications could include three different aspects of cardiac diseases, that is, electrocardiographic abnormalities, myocardial injuries, and left ventricular dysfunction. These complications not only may lead to misdiagnosis of SAH as myocardial infarction, but also...