Saudi Med J
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Standard surgical versus percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in intensive care patients.
The present prospective randomized trial compared surgical tracheostomy (ST) and percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients in terms of outcomes and complications. ⋯ Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is a simpler and faster technique to perform, but is associated with a higher occurrence of early complications, particularly postoperative bleeding.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Monopolar electrodissection versus cold dissection tonsillectomy among children.
To compare cold dissection to monopolar tonsillectomy in terms of operative time, intraoperative bleeding, post operative bleeding, and pain. ⋯ Monopolar dissection tonsillectomy is a safe technique. It significantly reduces the operative time and intraoperative blood loss. However, it causes more pain on the 1st post operative day, while on the rest of the days until the 10th post operative day, there was no significant difference in pain between two sides.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Adding remifentanil to propofol and etomidate in cardioversion anesthesia.
To compare their effects on cardiorespiratoy and recovery parameters and side effects. ⋯ We can induce hypnosis with propofol 0.5 mg.kg(-1) or etomidate 0.1 mg.kg(-1) by adding remifentanil 0.75 microgram.kg-1 in cardioversion anesthesia. Although recovery parameters were longer in group E, and cardiorespiratory parameters were less stable in group P, their usage with remifentanil was both acceptable for cardioversion anesthesia.