Structural visualization of expert nursing: Care to prevent tuberculosis infection for outpatients at their hospital visits.

Tuberculosis infection poses a serious challenge for preventing transmission of contagious diseases at medical treatment facilities in Japan. The authors have therefore developed an algorithm for providing care to prevent tuberculosis infection during the critical period between initial consultation and being admitted to the hospital.

Sevoflurane metabolite production in a small cohort of coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients.

Objective: To determine hepatic and renal effects of hexafluoroisopropanol in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery under sevoflurane anesthesia.

Design: Prospective, clinical comparison.

Setting: University hospital.