Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
A comparison study between newly-designed pencil-point and cutting needles in spinal anesthesia.
The goal of this single blinded randomized study was to compare the use of routine cutting-tip spinal needle and newly-designed pencil-point Pajunk(AE) in terms of success rate, complications and satisfactions in priests undergoing spinal anesthesia for orthopedic, general and urological surgery at Priest Hospital, Thailand. ⋯ The newly-designed, pencil-point spinal needle was another example on the development of more refined towards quality anesthesia. To be cost-effective, it should be selected for patients at risk of CSF leakage-related complications.
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Review Case Reports
Maternal chickenpox in peripartum period: a case report and review.
A 30-year-old pregnant woman had skin lesions at 38 weeks of gestation. She was diagnosed as primary varicella zoster infection. Her clinical symptoms were high fever and generalized vesicles eruption. ⋯ The baby developed skin lesions on day 11th post delivery. Intravenous acyclovir was administered for 7 days. Finally, the baby was found to be free of severe neonatal varicella infection.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Prevention of post operative pain after abdominal hysterectomy by single dose etoricoxib.
To test whether a reduction in post operative morphine consumption could be achieved by a single-dose of etoricoxib before induction of anesthesia. ⋯ Single dose etoricoxib 180 mg given before surgery provides the same analgesic effect as 120 mg for post operative pain after an abdominal hysterectomy.
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Develop performance indicators reflecting the quality of trauma-patient-care in the emergency room and hospitalization within the first 48 hours. ⋯ Twenty-one indicators of quality of trauma care in the emergency room and 14 in the hospitalization within 48 hours have been developed. They will be used as the tool by specialist for quality evaluation in the next phase.
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To study the serum zinc, selenium, and copper of priest subject who attended the outpatient Department, Priest Hospital Bangkok for a physical check-up, between March and October 2003 ⋯ Statistically significant difference in serum selenium and copper found in the priest subject when compared with the control subject.