Natl Med J India
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Comparative Study
Correlation of computed tomography with second-look laparotomy in ovarian carcinoma.
Cancer of the ovary is the second commonest gynaecological malignancy after cancer of the cervix. Surgery followed by cisplatin-based chemotherapy is the standard treatment approach. In patients with persistent disease, second-look laparotomy offers an opportunity to debulk the tumour. This is usually followed by an alternative method of chemotherapy. We compared the findings at surgery (second-look laparotomy) with the preoperative computed axial tomography scan assessments. ⋯ Computed axial tomography scan cannot detect small nodules often present in ovarian cancer, and thus even if a computed axial tomography scan is normal it should not exclude a second-look laparotomy.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Infection rates in single- and double-lumen central venous catheters in critically ill patients.
Catheter-related sepsis is a well known complication in critically ill patients receiving total parenteral nutrition. Micro-organisms may travel from the skin puncture wound along the external surface of the catheter or from the hub through the lumen of the catheter, to be shed into the circulation causing bacteraemia and sepsis. The incidence of sepsis is said to be about three times greater with multiple-lumen catheters than with single-lumen catheters. ⋯ Double-lumen central venous catheters placed in critically ill patients do not cause more sepsis than single-lumen catheters.