Use of Cold Fluids in Postcardiac Arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia: A Safety Analysis.

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been part of the standard care of postresuscitation patients for more than a decade. Multiple cooling methods are available, including the administration of cold intravenous (IV) fluids. Although this method is widely used, the safety of administration of large volumes of cold IV fluids has not been clearly demonstrated in the literature, and recent evidence points to potential deleterious effects associated with administration of large IV fluid volumes.

Effectiveness of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection for the treatment of gluteus medius tendinopathy.

Objective: The objective of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection for the treatment of gluteus medius tendinopathy.

Subjects And Methods: We prospectively evaluated 54 consecutive patients (48 women, six men; mean age, 54.7 years; mean body mass index, 26 kg/m2) with a clinical diagnosis of gluteus medius tendinopathy.

Quantitative discomanometry and acute disk injuries: an experimental model.

Quantitative discomanometry is a study of intradiscal pressure changes during quantitative injection. The purpose of this study was to determine if correlations exist between discomanometric parameters and disk injuries. Sixteen three-vertebrae porcine spine segments, with two intervening disks, were subjected to standardized high-speed trauma.