ASPEN Safe Practices for Enteral Nutrition Therapy [Formula: see text].

Enteral nutrition (EN) is a valuable clinical intervention for patients of all ages in a variety of care settings. Along with its many outcome benefits come the potential for adverse effects. These safety issues are the result of clinical complications and of process-related errors.

Nutritional gain versus financial gain: The role of metabolic carts in the surgical ICU.

Background: Adequate nutritional replacement of critically ill and injured patients is of paramount importance, as it decreases infectious morbidity and mortality. However, multiple methods of determining nutritional requirements exist, including mathematical formulas, weight based calculations, and the use of metabolic cart measurements, the latter of which is associated with significant labor and equipment costs. We hypothesized that metabolic cart measurements, despite increasing the cost of care, would more accurately determine nutritional requirements in a critically ill population than formulaic or weight-based calculations.

[Chronic hematic cyst of the orbit (orbital subperiosteal hematoma)].

A case of chronic hematic cyst of the orbit which caused unilateral globe displacement with painful diplopia is described in a 72-year-old man. CT scans showed an extraconal soft tissue mass located between the orbital roof and the superior rectus muscle with a bone lysis. Characteristic appearance on MRI (benign signs, subperiosteal localization of the hematoma) has been confirmed by removal surgery.

[Definitive internal tamponade with silicone oil in certain cases of retinal detachment].

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of definitively maintaining silicone oil in the treatment of certain cases of retinal detachment.

Material And Methods: Sixteen cases of retinal detachment seen from July 1995 to April 1999 were retrospectively studied. For these eyes with residual visual acuity, we voluntarily maintained silicone oil.

[Successful multidisciplinary treatment for bladder cancer with priapism. A case report].

A 44-year-old man suspected of having transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the prostate was referred to our hospital. He had a painful semi-erect penis at his first visit. Then needle biopsy of the corpus cavernosum histologically revealed metastatic TCC.