Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre
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Case Reports
Carbon monoxide-induced cortical visual loss: treatment with hyperbaric oxygen four years later.
We present a patient who developed visual loss after carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and was treated with hyperbaric oxygen. ⋯ PET documented brain hypoperfusion 4 years after CO poisoning and hyperbaric oxygen therapy improved visual acuity. However, we cannot endorse routine use of hyperbaric oxygen for such patients, until results of further clinical trials demonstrate efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen in CO-induced chronic brain injury.
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This study was performed to better understand postoperative contralateral subdural effusion, an uncommon but serious complication secondary to decompressive craniectomy in patients with head trauma. ⋯ Our findings confirmed that postoperative contralateral subdural effusion was not an uncommon complication secondary to decompressive craniectomy. Most contralateral subdural effusions resolved spontaneously after conservative management, but surgical management may be necessary if the patients develop deteriorating clinical manifestations or the subdural effusion has an apparent mass effect.
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To present the clinical and radiological results of treatment of periprosthetic fractures of the femur after hip and knee replacements. ⋯ Our data show that metaphyseal fractures, regardless of type of implant, had better healing potential and did not require additional surgery. Diaphyseal fractures of the femoral shaft around the stem of femoral component of the hip or knee prosthesis required a bone graft and had less favorable outcomes. Women were more frequently affected by periprosthetic femoral fractures.
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The purpose of this study was to show the hemostatic effect of spray, solution and tampon forms of Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS), a unique medicinal plant extract historically used as a hemostatic agent in Turkish folklore medicine, in a porcine bleeding model. ⋯ The data showed that ABS was an effective hemostatic agent for superficial and deep skin lacerations and minor/moderate trauma injuries in a porcine bleeding model.
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The present study was carried out to explore the antinociceptive as well as the anti-inflammatory effects of an ethanol extract of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl (EESJ) using 3 models of nociception and 2 models of inflammation in experimental animals. ⋯ This study showed the potential of EESJ to exert antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities, the former being modulated via peripheral and central mechanisms and involving, in part, activation of the opioid receptor system.