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Are we getting necrotizing soft tissue infections right? A 10-year review.
Abstract: The Alfred Hospital is a referral centre for necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) in the state of Victoria and receives around 20 such patients each year. We sought to compare our practice and outcomes against published data, and to examine management...
Clinical Trial – Hyperbaric Levobupivacaine for Spinal Anaesthesia
Spinal anaesthesia also called spinal block or sub-arachnoid block (SAB), is a form of
regional anaesthesia involving injection of a local anaesthetic into the subarachnoid space,
generally through a fine needle.
There is no generic hyperbaric form of levobupivacaine currently available so we aimed in
this study that to find the appropriate concentration of the levobupivacaine which achieves
unilateral spinal anesthesia. The potential benefits of this type of anesthesia are less
motor blockade and urinary retention, decrease in hospital stay. Therefore, it seems to be
suitable for outpatient anesthesia.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves cognitive functioning after brain injury.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been widely applied and recognized in the treatment of brain injury; however, the correlation between the protective effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and changes of metabolites in the brain remains unclear. To investigate the...