The Eurasian journal of medicine
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This study aims to compare the effects of different inhalation anesthetics on oxidative status by measuring thiol-disulfide homeostasis in laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgeries. The effect of inhaler agents on thiol-disulfide homeostasis that shows the oxidative status in laparoscopic cholecystectomy is unknown. ⋯ We think that the usage of sevoflurane was more protective in terms of the oxidative damage occurring during laparoscopic surgery.
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The erector spinae plane (ESP) block is a novel plane block first reported for thoracic analgesia. It affects the dorsal and ventral rami of the thoracic nerves. ⋯ The ESP block and catheter placement was applied to the patients before operation. The catheter was inserted deep into the erector spinae muscle and was used successfully for postoperative pain management.
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Case Reports
Exogenous Lipoid Pneumonia due to Chronic Inhalation of Oily Product Used as a Lubricant of Tracheotomy Cannula.
Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) is caused by the inhalation of vaporized oily products. Long-term exposure can result in chronic disease, whereas acute form usually results from massive aspiration of fatty substances. It has an incidence of 1.0%-2.5%. ⋯ Surgery is reserved for cases of high suspicion of cancer or serious clinical impact (as recurrent infections). Prognosis is benign, even if it has been reported cases of progression to severe respiratory failure, cor pulmonale, superinfection, and association with lung cancer. Here, we describe a case of ELP due to chronic inhalation of oily product (Vaseline) used as a lubricant of tracheotomy cannula.
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The aim of our study was to evaluate our liver transplant pediatric patients and to report our experience in the complications and the long-term follow-up results. ⋯ The morbidity and mortality rates in our organ transplantation center, regarding pediatric liver transplantations, are consistent with the literature.
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In this study, the reliability of Turkish cardiac massage and Basic Life Support (BLS) videos, which have already been downloaded from three website such as YouTube, Google, Yahoo following the publication of 2010 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guideline and their suitability to the same guideline were researched. ⋯ Eventually, all the data obtained in this study support that Turkish videos were not reliable on the subject of BLS and cardiac massage. It is promising that videos with high follow-up rates also have been scored higher.