In recent years, oxidative stress and free radicals have been implicated in impaired wound healing. Ocimum sanctum (O. sanctum), a plant widely used in Ayurveda, possesses anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The present study was undertaken to assess the potential of alcoholic and aqueous extracts in wound healing in Wistar albino rats. The rats were divided into five groups of six an...

1. TVES’s Hon’ble Loksevak Madhukarrao Chaudhari, College of Pharmacy, Faizpur , Tq: Yawal, Dist: Jalgaon. Pin:425503 Abstract The wound healing effect of herbal cream formulated with Curcuma longa, and Cynodon dactylon embedded in different ointment bases (anionic, cationic and non-ionic) has been evaluated in vivo using the incision, excision and dead space tissue wound models, on Swiss wiste...

Hyptis Suaveolens (L.)Poit is a traditional pubescent annual herb found throughout India. On the basis of its traditional use and literature references, this plant was selected for the screening of wound healing property. The leaves of Hyptis Suaveolens were exhaustively extracted by soxhlet apparatus with different solvents like petroleum ether, solvent ether, chloroform, alcohol and chlorofor...

BACKGROUND Anatomic dead space (also called airway or tracheal dead space) is the part of the tidal volume that does not participate in gas exchange. Some contemporary ventilation protocols, such as the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network protocol, call for smaller tidal volumes than were traditionally delivered. With smaller tidal volumes, the percentage of each delivered breath that i...

We present a 54-year old man with a pulmonary infectious cavity continuing to a cutaneous fistula. Before he was admitted to our hospital, he had undergone open-window surgery for a left thoracic empyema due to the rupture of pulmonary suppuration of the left upper lobe. He had then undergone thoracoplasty with the plombage of the cavity using left pectoralis major muscle. However, this procedu...

Background: Suction drains are routinely used after modified radical mastectomy and an important factor contributing to increased hospital stay as the patients often discharged only their removal. Amongst various factors that influence amount of postoperative drainage, negative suction pressure applied drain has been reported be great significance. While a high is expected collection reduce dea...

Total Knee replacement (TKR) is one of the commonest arthroplasty surgeries performed. Various techniques of closures in TKR are described. This technical note describes an useful technique of achieving water tight closure in TKR. An optimal tension watertight closure also reduces the chances of dead space hematomas and infection. The author has described his technique where the soft tissues ar...

CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY existed regarding the magnitude of pulmonary dead space in the immediate post-World War II era. The dead space concept was originated by Bohr (2), who viewed total ventilation as composed of two distinct, but homogeneous, components—alveolar ventilation that participated fully in gas exchange and dead space ventilation in which no respiratory exchange occurred. With kno...

Objective. Molecular basis of wound healing process needs to further examined to determine the effective individual biological cues. The objective of this study was to investigate the wound closure, proliferation, and viability of L929 fibroblast when cultured with different concentration of soluble RGD peptid. Methods. RGD peptide was synthesized manually on solid phase. The percentage of heal...

OSTOMY WOUND MANAGEMENT MARCH 2009 www.o-wm.com Managing Stage IV pressure ulcers presents a challenge to the healthcare community, particularly in the home health setting. During the initial home care visit, the wound and related management issues must be thoroughly assessed and questions addressed such as who will be able to perform the wound care, are appropriate support surfaces for both be...