The Frequency of Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiencies Among Women of Reproductive Age in Wadi Etba, Southern Region of Libya.

Background Vitamin D (VD) is the sunshine vitamin. Its deficiency is widely spread worldwide and is implicated in various health problems that have serious financial, mental, and physical health burdens. In Libya, it also has a high incidence as many studies have been conducted on this issue, but the exact situation of VD deficiency in the southern region of Libya remains unclear.

Tidal peritoneal dialysis versus ultrafiltration in type 1 cardiorenal syndrome: A prospective randomized study.

Background: Ultrafiltration is an alternative strategy to diuretic therapy for the treatment of patients with acute decompensated heart failure. Little is known about the efficacy and safety of peritoneal dialysis in patients with acute decompensated heart failure complicated by acute cardiorenal syndrome.

Methods: We randomly assigned a total of 88 patients with type 1 acute cardiorenal syndrome to a strategy of ultrafiltration therapy (44 patients) or tidal peritoneal dialysis (44 patients).

Effect of epidural clonidine added to epidural sufentanil for labor pain management.

Labor analgesia with intrathecal sufentanil has been shown to be prolonged by the addition of intrathecal clonidine. The current study was designed to determine if epidural clonidine would prolong labor analgesia provided by epidural sufentanil. Forty laboring primiparous women at less than 5 cm cervical dilation requesting epidural analgesia were enrolled.

Survey of anesthesia practice in spine surgery patients in the United States.

Purpose: There is a wide range of anesthetic practice in spine surgery with respect to anesthetic choice, blood conservation, and monitoring. There is no ideal technique with respect to each of these choices. This study was designed to determine the usual practice for members of the Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care (SNACC), with regard to the use of anesthetic technique, the type of monitoring used (and the person responsible for its application and interpretation), and the blood conservation strategies most often utilized for the management of patients undergoing spinal surgery.