Publications by authors named "Angela Dekkers"
Introduction: Epidural infusion of local anesthetics with opioids is widely used for pain control during the perioperative-and peripartum-periods. Selection of the opioid, appropriate dosing, and follow-up by the acute pain service are critical in providing safe postoperative epidural analgesia.
Case Report Summary: A 71-year-old man was scheduled for a parastomal hernia repair with midline laparotomy.
Severe poisoning with valproate may result in coma and death. The management of valproate intoxication is principally supportive. Valproate is scarcely excreted renally and is mainly protein bound and, therefore, not considered to be amenable for extracorporeal elimination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To describe the results and complications of in situ preservation (ISP) of kidneys from donors after cardiac death (DCD).
Background: DCD donors are increasingly being used to expand the pool of donor kidneys. ISP reduces warm ischemic injury which is associated with DCD donation.