Journal of clinical anesthesia
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Letter Case Reports
Post orbit exenteration cases: a "red flag" for airway management.
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Comparative Study
Comparative analysis of respiratory muscle strength before and after bariatric surgery using 5 different predictive equations.
Obesity has detrimental effects on general health and respiratory function. This study aimed to evaluate respiratory muscle strength in the morbidly obese population, before and after bariatric surgery, and to compare these estimates with the predictive values using different mathematical equations available. ⋯ Of the 5 mathematical equations studied, that of Enright and colleagues was found best suitable for predicting the MIP in the obese population studied.
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Case Reports
The internal mammary artery as a shunt in a noncyanotic infant with hemitruncus: surgical and anesthetic management.
The internal mammary artery (IMA) has been used as a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt in selected patients with congenital heart disease. Growth and development of hypoplastic pulmonary arteries have been described. We discuss the surgical and anesthetic management of an infant with an atretic-thrombosed right pulmonary artery originating from the ascending aorta in whom the IMA was used to create a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt after failure of a previous shunt and later successful pulmonary artery reconstruction. The IMA should be considered as an alternative conduit in patients requiring a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt for growth of pulmonary arteries.