-infected hemorrhagic ulcerative infantile hemangioma: A rare complication.

Key Clinical Message: Infections in infantile hemangiomas (IHs) are generally limited, and only few cases have been reported. The rapid expansion of an ulcerated IH should raise concern for possible complications to monitor and provide immediate therapeutic interventions. This case highlights the importance of prompt treatment in large segmental IHs to prevent ulceration and related complications, including bleeding and superinfection.

Incidence and risk factors related to anxiety of children and adolescents before elective surgery.

The goal of this study was to evaluate the preoperative anxiety in children and adolescents and to identify some of the risk factors associated with the incidence of anxiety in 9-18 years old group. Children and adolescents 9-18 years old hospitalized the night before elective surgeries were analyzed in terms of incidence and severity of anxiety using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) measure. Of the 164 patients, 111 (67.

Preoperative Oral Pregabalin Reduces Acute Pain after Thoracotomy.

Background: Nowadays pain control is one of the most important challenges for physicians, surgeons and anesthesiologists. New drugs and procedures to control pain have always been a major topic for researches.

Aim: In this study, we evaluated the effects of preoperative pregabalin administration on relieving postoperative pain after thoracotomy surgery.

Liver Transplantation Status in Iran: A Multi-center Report on the Main Transplant Indicators and Survival Rates.

Background: Iran's experience with liver transplantation (LT) began more than two decades ago. The purpose of this article is to present the status of LT in Iran, review specific characteristics of the programs, their outcomes, and their growth to become one of the largest LT programs in the world.

Methods: A questionnaire, asking for data on the number of transplants performed and specifics of the recipients and type of donors with focus on indications and outcomes was sent to LT programs.

Preoperative factors as predictors of blood product transfusion requirements in orthotopic liver transplantation.

Context: Intraoperative transfusion can affect the chance of graft survival in liver transplantation, a complicated operation with massive blood loss. Verification of factors that are predictive of intraoperative blood loss and transfusion increases the quality of anesthesia management.

Objective: To assess use of blood and blood products between 2002 and 2008 and to evaluate factors associated with blood loss and requirement for blood products in adult patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation via piggyback technique.