Laser speckle contrast imaging of forehead cutaneous blood flow during carotid endarterectomy as a potential non-invasive method for surrogate monitoring of cerebral perfusion.

Monitoring cerebral perfusion is important for goal-directed anesthesia. Taking advantage of the supply of the supraorbital region and Glabella from the internal carotid artery (ICA), we evaluated changes in cutaneous blood flow using laser speckle contrast imagining (LSCI) as a potential method for indirect real-time monitoring of cerebral perfusion. Nine patients (8 men, mean age 70 years) underwent eversion carotid endarterectomy under local anesthesia.

High Parenteral Support Volume Is Associated With Reduced Quality of Life Determined by the Short-Bowel Syndrome Quality of Life Scale in Nonmalignant Intestinal Failure Patients.

Background: Aim was to investigate the association between quality of life (QoL), bowel anatomy, and the need for home parenteral support (HPS) volume in patients with nonmalignant short-bowel syndrome (SBS) and intestinal failure (IF).

Methods: The SBS-QoL scale was used in a cross-sectional study of 95 nonmalignant SBS-IF patients. Sum QoL scores (0: best, 170: worst) were calculated.

[Valsalva-induced subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and pneumorrhachis in a young man].

In this case report, a 19-year-old man was admitted due to uncontrollable, aggressive behaviour and suspected drug intoxication. He had been using Valsalva manoeuvres repeatedly. A physical examination revealed subcutaneous crepitations.

Carbon monoxide reduces near-infrared spectroscopy determined 'total' hemoglobin: a human volunteer study.

Carbon monoxide (CO) increases middle cerebral artery mean flow velocity (MCAV), but the effect of CO on the near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) determined cerebral oxygenation (SO) is not detailed. In our study, 11 non-smoking subjects breathed 100% O through a closed circuit. A CO scrubber with CO (1.