Comparison of ultrasound and ultrasound plus nerve stimulator guidance axillary plexus block.

Objective: To evaluate the characteristics of axillary plexus blockade applied using ultrasound only and using ultrasound together with nerve stimulator in patients undergoing planned forearm, wrist or hand surgery.

Methods: This randomised, prospective, double-blinded, single-centre study was conducted at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, from November 2014 to August 2015, and comprised patients undergoing forearm, wrist or hand surgery. Participants were separated into 2 groups.

Phenytoin induced toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) which is characterized by the detachment of the epidermis from the dermis is a rare (1.89/1.000.

Intraoperative low-dose ketamine infusion reduces acute postoperative pain following total knee replacement surgery: a prospective, randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of intraoperative low-dose ketamine with general anesthesia on postoperative pain after total knee replacement surgery.

Study Design: A randomized, double-blind comparative study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, from January and June 2011.

A comparison of intra cuff pressures in high-flow and low-flow nitrous oxide anesthesia.

Objective: To investigate intra cuff pressure changes in low-flow anesthesia (LFA) and high-flow (HFA) N2O anesthesia during moderate-duration surgical procedures.

Methods: We carried out this prospective, randomized, single blind study at Numune Educational and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey between January to December 2005. Seventy patients aged between 18-65 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status grades I-III, undergoing elective surgery were enrolled in this study.

The protective effect of ethyl pyruvate on lung injury after burn in rats.

Objective: To investigate the effects of administered ethyl pyruvate (EP), a novel anti-inflammatory agent, on oxidoinflammatory and apoptotic pathways in the lung tissue of rats in a full-thickness burn model.

Methods: The study took place in Ankara Research and Training Hospital Animal Laboratory, Turkey in June 2006. Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into 4 groups in equal numbers as sham, burn, sham+EP, and burn+EP.

The effect of ethyl pyruvate on oxidative stress in intestine and bacterial translocation after thermal injury.

Background: Thermal injury causes a breakdown in the intestinal mucosal barrier due to ischemia reperfusion injury, which can induce bacterial translocation (BT), sepsis, and multiple organ failure in burn patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ethyl pyruvate (EP) on intestinal oxidant damage and BT in burn injury.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-two rats were randomly divided into four groups.

Myasthenia gravis and sevoflurane--a case report.

Myasthenia gravis is characterized by weakness and easy fatiguability of voluntary muscles. Myasthenic patients are sensitive to non-depolarizing relaxants. Sevoflurane, as an alternative, can be used to achieve good tracheal intubation.