Comparison of the Bristol Stool Scale and Modified Version for Children: Use by Providers vs Children.

Introduction: Accurate report of stool form is essential to diagnosis and assessment of treatment response. The modified Bristol Stool Form Scale for Children (mBSFS-C) classifies stool form into 5 types and is reliable and valid. However, a direct comparison of provider's and children's ratings using the mBSFS-C vs the traditional BSFS that uses 7 stool form types has not been done.

Functional Syncope in Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Background: Functional syncope, or psychogenic pseudosyncope, is often under-recognized. We aimed to show that functional syncope may be diagnosed in most pediatric patients by the initial neurological consultation.

Methods: We reviewed the medical records of patients who were evaluated from 2006 to 2022 in clinic for apparent transient loss of consciousness (a-TLOC) and probable functional syncope.

Assessment of feasibility of opioid-free anesthesia combined with preoperative thoracic paravertebral block and postoperative intravenous patient-controlled analgesia oxycodone with non-opioid analgesics in the perioperative anesthetic management for video-assisted thoracic surgery.

Introduction: This study, conducted between December 2015 and March 2018 at a single university hospital, explored the feasibility and safety of opioid-free anesthesia combined with preoperative thoracic paravertebral block (ThPVB) for patients undergoing elective video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). The aim was to assess the impact of this approach on postoperative pain levels and opioid consumption.

Material And Methods: Sixty-four patients scheduled for elective VATS were randomly assigned to either the intervention group, receiving opioid-free anesthesia with ThPVB, or the control group, managed with standard general anesthesia.

The assessment of Dickkopf-1 and Dickkopf-2 protein concentration in different subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer subtypes.

Introduction: Lung cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide. Dickkopf-1 (DKK-1) and -2 (DKK-2) are important proteins for the regulated Wnt signalling pathway. Alternations in the Wnt pathway are associated with tumour progression.

Comparison of Early Postoperative Diaphragm Muscle Function after Lobectomy via VATS and Open Thoracotomy: A Sonographic Study.

Although a growing body of evidence emphasizes the superiority of VATS over conventional thoracotomy, little is still known about early postoperative diaphragm muscle function after lobectomy via these two approaches. To fill the gap in existing literature, we conducted a comparative study between VATS and conventional thoracotomy in terms of postoperative diaphragm muscle function, assessing its contractility, strength, the magnitude of effort and potential risk of dysfunction such as atrophy and paralysis. A total of 59 patients (30 after VATS), who underwent anatomical pulmonary resection at our institution, were enrolled in this study.