Gac Med Mex
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
[Cuff pressure in endotracheal intubation: should it be routinely measured?].
To determine the relationship between endotracheal tube cuff pressure and post-surgical tracheal pain. ⋯ High tube cuff pressure is a related factor to the tracheal pain so must be considered a routine monitoring of cuff pressure and device to avoid cuff pressure that exceeds the necessary minimum.
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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome is secondary to several insults whose purpose is to limit and reverse the injury. The outcome and intensity of the inflammatory response is determined by injury extension and balance between inflammatory and compensatory antiinflammatory responses. ⋯ If the last three phases do not control, cell damage can be amplified and thus perpetuating the infectious process and leading the patient to multiple organ dysfunction. Gamma interferon and steroids as modulators of the inflammatory response, in stages of paralysis and immune dissonance has been studied in clinical and experimental trials with promising results, but more studies to are needed validate their usefulness.
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Infectious complications after epidural anesthesia are infrequent and the most common are epidural and subdural abscess. We report one rare case of vertebral osteomyelitus associated with an epidural catheter and review the literature.