Association of Scalp High-Frequency Oscillation Detection and Characteristics With Disease Activity in Pediatric Epilepsy.

Purpose: High-frequency oscillation (HFO) in scalp electroencephalography is a promising new noninvasive prognostic epilepsy biomarker, but further data are needed to ascertain the utility of this parameter. The present work investigated the association between epileptic activity and scalp HFO in pediatric patients with various types of epilepsy, using multivariable regression models to correct for possible confounding factors.

Methods: The authors analyzed 97 subjects who were divided into groups with active epilepsy (within 1 year of seizure), seizure-free epilepsy (>1 year without seizure), and nonepilepsy.

[Effects of postoperative continuous epidural analgesia after laparoscopy-assisted colectomy].

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of continuous epidural analgesia on the postoperative pain and the early recovery after laparoscopy-assisted colectomy (LAC).

Methods: A total of 50 patients undergoing elective LAC were investigated for postoperative pain score and other variables retrospectively.

Results: Thirty patients who had received epidural analgesia (E group) showed significantly lower pain scores for 2 and 24 hours after surgery, compared with twenty patients who had received analgesics intramuscularly or transrectally (C group).

[The effects of postoperative continuous epidural analgesia after laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy].

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of continuous epidural analgesia on the postoperative pain and the early recovery after laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG).

Methods: A total of 66 patients undergoing elective LAG were investigated for postoperative pain score and other variables retrospectively.

Results: Forty-four patients who had received epidural analgesia (E group) showed significantly lower pain scores for 2, 12 and 48 hours after surgery, compared with 22 patients who had received analgesics intramuscularly or transrectally (C group).

[A case of acute myocardial infarction during laparoscopic rectal amputation].

An 80-year-old man with chronic bronchitis and hypertension was admitted with rectal cancer and cholecystolithiasis. Under general and epidural anesthesia, laparoscopic cholecysytectomy was performed with slightly elevated EtCO2. He underwent head-down tilt for laparoscopic rectectal amputation.

[Management of difficult airway during induction of anesthesia in a patient with Hallermann-Streiff syndrome].

An 18-year-old female with Hallermann-Streiff syndrome underwent the fixation of prolapsus recti. She had significant microgenia, mental retardation and pharyngeal airway stenosis. During induction of anesthesia with halothane and nitrous oxide, severe upper airway obstruction and respiratory depression occurred.