arteritis due to strongylus vulgaris is a well-known cause of colic in horses and donkeys. the current report describes a fatal incidence of arterial obstruction in cranial mesenteric artery caused by s. vulgaris infection in an adult donkey in which anthelmintic treatment was not regularly administered. necropsy findings of the abdominal cavity revealed a complete cranial mesenteric arterial o...

The purpose of this paper is to show how an ear oximeter can be used to measure the oxygenation of the blood by the lungs with much greater discrimination than is generally appreciated. There are three stages: the first is to calibrate the oximeter by a practicable method; the second is to use the instrument to construct an oxygen dissociation curve; and the third is to minimize an important so...

The superficial ulnar artery is a rare variation of the upper limb arterial system that arises from the brachial or axillary artery and runs superficial to the muscles arising from the medial epicondyle 123. The incidence is about 0.7 to 7% 145. In our routine dissections we found a superficial ulnar artery, which crossed the cubital fossa superficial to the bicipital aponeurosis making it high...

To the Editor:—During a recent living-related orthotopic liver transplant, we observed a significant variation between the radial and femoral arterial pressure waveforms immediately after line placement. The right radial arterial pressure was 30 mmHg higher than the right femoral arterial pressure. The radial arterial pressure correlated with the upper extremity noninvasive blood pressure. Arte...

Respiratory variation in the arterial blood pressure and photoplethysmographic (PPG) waveforms have both been shown to predict the haemodynamic response to volume administration. Whether or not the two can be considered interchangeable is controversial. Twenty-three patients undergoing spine surgery received both a 20 gauge intra-arterial catheter and a Masimo adult adhesive SpHb sensor connect...

In the classic description of hepatic arterial supply, the common hepatic artery originates from the coeliac trunk. However, there are numerous variations to this classic pattern. We report a rare variant pattern of hepatic arterial supply and discuss the clinical significance of this variation.

Elbow dislocations are the most frequently encountered after shoulder dislocations. In their vast majority, these injuries carry a good prognosis. Although, concomitant arterial injury is rare and make them more serious. In this paper, we report a case of a 17 year old woman with opened elbow dislocation with arterial injury associated to an artery variation: "accessory brachial artery".

BACKGROUND Administration of fluid to improve cardiac output is the mainstay of hemodynamic resuscitation. Not all patients respond to fluid therapy, and excessive fluid administration is harmful. Predicting fluid responsiveness can be challenging, particularly in children. Numerous hemodynamic variables have been proposed as predictors of fluid responsiveness. Dynamic variables based on the he...

INTRODUCTION Functional assessment of arterial load by dynamic arterial elastance (Eadyn), defined as the ratio between pulse pressure variation (PPV) and stroke volume variation (SVV), has recently been shown to predict the arterial pressure response to volume expansion (VE) in hypotensive, preload-dependent patients. However, because both SVV and PPV were obtained from pulse pressure analysis...

BACKGROUND The literature describes contradictory data regarding the onset of the baroreflex reduction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. OBJECTIVE This investigation was undertaken to evaluate the baroreflex function in 13-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats. METHODS Male Wistar Kyoto (n=15) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (n=15) aged 13 weeks were studied. Cannulas were inserted...