Treatment of effluent from municipal wastewater treatment plants using electrochemically produced Caro's acid.

This work describes the application of electrochemically produced Caro's acid in a divided electrochemical flow cell for the removal of fourteen CECs from real effluent at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Ciudad Real, Spain. The results are compared with direct dosing of the reagent (with an ionic/molecular oxidant) and radical-assisted oxidation (activated sulfate radical via photochemical oxidation or hydrogen peroxide-induced radical oxidation). This study sheds light on the underlying mechanisms of these processes.

Benefits of robotic gait assistance with ATLAS 2030 in children with cerebral palsy.

Objective: This study aims to assess the impact of integrating ATLAS 2030 into the conventional therapy regimen for children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) compared to conventional therapy alone regarding gross motor function, range of motion (ROM) and spasticity.

Design: A non-randomized controlled trial conducted in outpatient rehabilitation settings and special education schools, following the recommendations by the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement.

Participants: Thirty children with CP divided into intervention and control groups.

Comparative imaging study of patients with persistent olfactory dysfunction due to mild COVID-19 using structural and functional MRI.

Introduction: Persistent post-COVID olfactory dysfunction continues to be studied due to the controversy in its pathophysiology and neuroimaging.

Materials And Methods: The patients had confirmed mild COVID-19 infection with olfactory dysfunction of more than one month of evolution and they were compared to controls with normal olfaction, assessed using the Sniffin' Sticks Olfactory Test and underwent brain, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the olfactory bulb and olfactory function.

Results: A total of 8 patients and 2 controls participated.

Association Between Age- and Sex-Specific Body Mass Index Percentile and Multiple Intubation Attempts: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis.

Background: Obesity distorts airways and slightly complicates intubations in adults, but whether obesity complicates pediatric intubations remains unclear. We, therefore, tested the primary hypothesis that increasing age- and sex-specific body mass index (BMI) percentile is associated with difficult intubation, defined as >1 intubation attempt.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of pediatric patients between 2 and 18 years of age who had noncardiac surgery with oral endotracheal intubation.

Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 Patients: Consensus Guidelines From the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) pandemic has challenged medical systems and clinicians globally to unforeseen levels. Rapid spread of COVID-19 has forced clinicians to care for patients with a highly contagious disease without evidence-based guidelines. Using a virtual modified nominal group technique, the Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative (PeDI-C), which currently includes 35 hospitals from 6 countries, generated consensus guidelines on airway management in pediatric anesthesia based on expert opinion and early data about the disease.

Frequency of medication error in pediatric anesthesia: A systematic review and meta-analytic estimate.

Background: Clinical evidence shows that pediatric anesthesia patients are subject to a higher rate of life-threatening medical errors than their adult counterparts. Medication error in adult anesthesia is estimated to occur to 1 in 133 anesthetic administrations, but such a figure has not been determined for pediatric anesthesia patients. Individual studies of medication error in pediatric anesthesia have ranged from rates of 0.

Study of condylar positional changes after sagittal split osteotomy for mandibular advancement: A prospective cohort study.

Purpose: To analyse the possible morphologic and positional changes of the mandibular condyles after orthognathic surgery.

Material And Methods: A prospective cohort study was performed. Patients with mandibular retrognathism were surgically treated to advance the mandible.

Multisource feedback in professionalism for anesthesia residents.

Study Objective: To assess professionalism in anesthesiology residents, it is important to obtain evaluations from people with whom they interact on daily basis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a Multisource feedback (MSF) on resident's professional behavior and to assess the effect of faculty feedback on resident performance.

Design: This study was a two-group randomized clinical trial.

Microscopic examination of intracellular organisms in protected bronchoalveolar mini-lavage fluid for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Study Objectives: To assess the cutoff percentage of cells containing intracellular organisms (ICOs) in the microscopic examination of mini-lavage fluid for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and to study the accuracy of this diagnostic procedure on patients who have received previous antibiotic therapy (AT).

Design: Prospective clinical investigation.

Setting: The medico-surgical ICU of a university hospital.