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BACKGROUNDS Intracranial post-operative re-haemorrhage is an important complication in patients with hypertensive intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). The purpose of the present study was to determine the value of the computed tomography (CT) blend sign in predicting post-operative re-haemorrhage in patients with ICH. METHODS A total of 126 patients with ICH were included in the present study. Al...

INTRODUCTION We provide this brief case report on Hamman's sign, as a reminder that both pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax can cause sounds that may disclose the abnormal presence of air in these respective locations. BACKGROUND Attributed originally to the observations and report of Louis Hamman in 1937, abnormal sounds may emanate from air in the otherwise quiet mediastinum or pleural spac...

Methods: In this randomized-controlled pilot, surgery residents (n=14) participated in standardized thoracostomy tube placement (SimMan) and bronchoscopy (EndoscopyVR) simulation scenarios. Traditional vital-sign monitors were available 90 degrees from the operative field during all procedures, and residents were additionally randomized with or without continuous wireless vital-sign streaming t...

Patients who undergo upper gastrointestinal surgery have a high incidence of post-operative complications, with up to 20% requiring readmission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) several days after surgery. Deterioration in these patients vital signs may be evident prior to adverse events. Failure to identify such deteriorations in a timely manner has led to the design of a clinical trial at the ...

PURPOSE Surgical hip dislocation is commonly performed in orthopaedic surgery for several pathologies that often present risk of avascular necrosis (AVN) of femoral head. Observation of blood spilling out from a drill hole, performed in the head after dislocation, has been proposed as a predictive test for AVN. No data have been published about test reliability. Study's aim was to evaluate the ...

background: the aim of this prospective, randomized, single-blinded study was to compare the effects of a carbohydrate drink 400 ml given 2 h before the surgery with preoperative overnight fasting on the gastric ph and residual volume, postoperative nausea and vomiting (ponv) and antiemetic consumption in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. materials and methods: forty american so...