Abstract: To study the haemodynamic effects of intrathecal meperidine, administered either alone or mixed with bupivacaine. We studied 42 Chinese patients, aged 59-87 yr, scheduled for transurethral bladder or prostate surgery, randomized into three equals groups,...
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been advocated as a therapy to improve neurological recovery after ischemia, since HBO may improve tissue oxygen delivery. We examined the effect of HBO treatment after global cerebral ischemia on early brain injury. Rabbits were...
Abstract: Moderate systemic hypothermia has been shown to improve neurologic outcomes in both fluid-percussion and cortical contusion models of experimental brain injury. Based upon initial clinical work, it was concluded that at temperatures < 32 degrees C, patients...
Abstract: The effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on humans are uncertain. Our study aims first to outline the practical aspects and the safety of HBO treatment and then to evaluate the effect of HBO on long-term disability. Patients who experienced middle...
Abstract: Cardiovascular deconditioning (CD) has been reported to occur within 24-48 h of exposure to 4, 11, or 31 ATA environment and following decompression to sea level pressure. The CD was indicated by orthostatic intolerance, exaggerated cardiovascular responses...
Abstract: Lipid peroxidation and some parameters of hemostasis were studied during exposure to various hyperoxia schemes combined with heparin therapy before and after treatment in 124 patients aged 16 to 69 with CNS involvement which developed as a result of...
Abstract: This study examined anesthetic development and hemodynamic changes during two techniques of hyperbaric lidocaine administration through 27-gauge intrathecal catheters for continuous spinal anesthesia in 55 elderly patients undergoing transurethral prostatic...
Abstract: It is known that hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) decreases total coronary blood flow (TCBF) and cardiac output (CO). To determine whether this is related to an alteration in myocardial contractility, 10 chronically instrumented conscious dogs were studied...
Abstract: We report the clinical and neuroimaging findings of a patient who sustained multiple cerebral infarcts after the ingestion of concentrated hydrogen peroxide solution sold as a "health food" product. An 84-year-old man sustained focal neurological...
Abstract: To report a case of cerebral artery gas embolism (CAGE), following fine needle biopsy of the lung, and to discuss the pathophysiology and treatment. A 65-year-old woman presented to an emergency department with the clinical features of a right thromboembolic...
