JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Haemodynamic response to tracheal intubation via intubating laryngeal mask airway versus direct laryngoscopic tracheal intubation.
To compare the haemodynamic response to tracheal intubation using either direct larygoscopy or Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway. ⋯ We concluded that intubation through intubating laryngeal mask airway is accompanied by minimal cardiovascular responses than those associated with direct laryngoscopic tracheal intubation, so it can be used for patients in whom a marked pressor response would be deleterious.
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The objective is to determine causes of low serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) by direct visualization and obtaining biopsy samples using laparoscopic technique. This is a hospital-based, observational study conducted at Department of Gastroenterology, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore from January 2001 to April 2002. A total of 33 patients with ascites (SAAG < 1.1 g/dl)) were selected. ⋯ The histopathological diagnosis was granulomatous inflammation in 20 (60.6%) and diagnosis of malignancy was made in 7 (21.2%); one (3%) had Budd Chiari Syndrome, 4 (12%) had cirrhosis of liver with super-added Hepatocellular carcinoma and biopsy was non-conclusive in 1 patient. No complication of procedure occurred in this cohort. Laparoscopy is a safe diagnostic modality to establish the cause of low SAAG ascites.