Abstract: Ruptures of the tracheobronchial tree present a life-threatening situation. Nevertheless, therapy is still controversial. Though conservative treatment by antibiotics and intubation with the cuff inflated distal to the tear is favored by some authors,...
Abstract: Fournier's gangrene is a genital and perineal necrotizing fascitiis with a rapid evolution. It's an affection caused by aerobic and anaerobic micro-organisms, eventually associated with a superinfection by micetes. It has characterised by a deep oedema...
Abstract: The term "decompression illness (DCI)" is a disorder which arises from the presence of ectopic gas bubbles following decompression. Scuba diving poses the risk of two typically clinical syndromes: decompression sickness (DCS) and arterial gas...
Abstract: Increasing popularity of sports diving makes it likely that subjects with allergic respiratory diseases will be involved in diving with self contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba). The present study evaluated the effects of a single scuba-dive on...
Abstract: In patients with severe pulmonary disease, laparoscopic techniques are not advised. The authors report their preliminary experience with laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay polytetrafluoroethylene mesh repair for inguinal hernia during spinal anesthesia in...
Abstract: General clinical examination, external respiratory function investigation, antrovent pharmacological tests were performed in 68 patients aged 28-52 years with chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB) admitted to the rehabilitation center after hospital...
Abstract: At 65 years of age, a former coal miner, now 72-years-old, developed a progressive loss of concentration with daytime sleepiness and sleep disturbances. Work-up in pneumological and medical sleep centres resulted in diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Abstract: To report the anaesthetic management of a case of tracheal rupture, using different types of ventilation and additional hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO). An 8 cm postintubation tracheal tear was repaired in a 66-yr-old woman with acute myocardial reinfarction,...
Abstract: Three cases of emphysematous cholecystitis are presented. The role of hyperbaric oxygenation as excellent adjuvant therapy to urgent surgical as well as intensive conservative treatment is emphasized. Kraljevic, Druzijanic, Tomic, Juricic, Petri, , , , ()....
Abstract: Pulmonary barotrauma (PBT) of ascent is a feared complication in compressed air diving. Although certain respiratory conditions are thought to increase the risk of suffering PBT and thus should preclude diving, in most cases of PBT, risk factors are...
