Military medicine
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Barbiturate anesthesia for cesarean section was well described by Kosaka almost 20 years ago. However, light balanced anesthesia has become the unofficial standard general anesthesia for cesarean section in this country. ⋯ The dilemma posed by cesarean section of a young woman with posterior fossa brain tumor led us to revive use of Kosaka's higher doses of thiobarbiturate. Together with regional and topical anesthesia of the larynx and trachea, this method resulted in stable maternal hemodynamics without resulting in neonatal depression.
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There will always be a need for some kind of rapidly deployable, easy to assemble, temporary shelter for use in military conflicts, large-scale military disasters, industrial accidents, major construction projects in remote areas, refugee relocation centers, military hospitals, and any temporary outdoor event requiring cover. The history of tenting is essentially a history of man's ingenuity in creating portable, rapidly erected, temporary shelter. This article will be limited to the stages of development of the latest in military tent hospitals.