Use of preprocurement biopsy in donation after circulatory death liver transplantation.

We perform routine preprocurement image-guided percutaneous liver biopsies on potential donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver donors. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of preprocurement liver biopsy on the use of livers from DCD donors. We retrospectively reviewed demographics, liver histology, and disposition of DCD liver donors within a single organ procurement organization (OPO) who underwent preprocurement liver biopsy from January 2000 through December 2019.

Effect of ferrous ion concentration on the kinetics of radiation-induced iron-oxide nanoparticle formation and growth.

Magnetite nanoparticles were formed by γ-radiolysis of solutions containing different initial concentrations of FeSO without any other chemical additives. The particles formed in a given [Fe] had a narrow size distribution and the average size increased with [Fe]. Five hour irradiation at 0.

Drosophila muller f elements maintain a distinct set of genomic properties over 40 million years of evolution.

The Muller F element (4.2 Mb, ~80 protein-coding genes) is an unusual autosome of Drosophila melanogaster; it is mostly heterochromatic with a low recombination rate. To investigate how these properties impact the evolution of repeats and genes, we manually improved the sequence and annotated the genes on the D.

The accuracy of reporting of general anaesthesia for childbirth: a validation study.

Administrative population health data, such as hospital discharge data, are a potentially valuable resource for determining anaesthesia and analgesia use in childbirth at a population level. However the reliability of general anaesthesia reporting is unknown. This study aimed to determine the accuracy of the reporting of peripartum general anaesthesia in single and linked population health data.

Inguinal field block for adult inguinal hernia repair using a short-bevel needle. Description and clinical experience in Solomon Islands and an Australian teaching hospital.

One of the limitations of an inguinal field block is that it does not reliably produce complete anaesthesia. The purpose of this study was to describe a modified short-bevel needle technique, facilitating correct needle placement, for inguinal hernia repair. Anaesthetists from two different institutions performed the described infiltration blocks.

Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in the Solomon Islands.

Results were kept on 43 spinal anaesthetics performed for caesarean section in the Solomon Islands, a developing tropical country in the Pacific Ocean. A 25-gauge Quincke needle was used and either 2.5 ml of heavy bupivacaine 0.

Selective block of nerves in the axillary approach to the brachial plexus.

Background And Objective: Optimal surgical conditions for flexor tendon tenolysis in the hand were achieved by ulnar, radial, and musculocutaneous nerve block at the axilla combined with median nerve block at the wrist.

Result: Because the median nerve function proximal to the wrist was preserved, the patient was able to flex the finger intraoperatively.

Conclusion: Palpation of nerves together with a nerve stimulator were used to localize the nerves accurately.

Shoulder manipulation to facilitate central vein catheterization from the external jugular vein.

Manipulation of the shoulder to facilitate passage of J-wires past the clavicle during external jugular vein catheterization was tested prospectively in 111 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery. On 10 of 25 occasions when the wire would not pass into the thorax, manipulation of the shoulder then allowed the wire to pass.

Foot surgery in Vanuatu: results of combined tibial, common peroneal and saphenous nerve blocks in fifty-six adults.

Combined tibial and common peroneal nerve anaesthesia was used for foot and ankle surgery in fifty-six adults. Where necessary, the saphenous nerve was also blocked. A calibrated constant current nerve stimulator was used to localise the nerves in the popliteal fossa.