Women emerge from general anesthesia faster than men.

Interest in the speed with which patients recover post operatively, the type of deficits that anesthesia may induce in them and the overall profile of their physiologic and psychological states, has grown rapidly over the last two decades. Recovery from general anesthesia is dependent on factors governing drug sensitivity and drug disposition. In our study of 60 males and 60 females we have tried to find out if there is any significant difference in males and females, in their emergence from the effects of general anesthesia.

Pressure and volume changes of tracheal tube cuff following inflation with various inflating agents during nitrous oxide anesthesia.

The study was designed to investigate the changes in pressure and volume of a tracheal tube-cuff inflated with air, mixture of N2O + O2, saline and 4% lidocaine during nitrous oxide anesthesia. This study was conducted in 80 patients (33 male & 47 female). The pressure and volume of a tracheal tube cuff increased with air, decreased with mixture of N2O + O2 and almost remained the same with saline and 4% lidocaine.

Clinico-histopathological correlation of skin and nerve in leprosy.

The histopathological features of skin tissue sections in patients clinically diagnosed as leprosy were correlated with the histopathological features of nerve specimens obtained from the same patients. Fifty untreated leprosy patients attending the Outpatient Department of the Department of Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases of Smt. Sucheta Kriplani and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospitals, New Delhi, India were included in the study.

Vimentin expression in breast carcinomas.

Epithelial malignancies expressing mesenchymal markers and their prognostic implications have been studied by various authors. In view of this, we studied fifty cases of breast carcinomas for vimentin expression and correlated the various clinical and histopathological parameters. Eighteen percent (9/50) of all breast carcinomas expressed vimentin.

Kinking of epidural catheter--a case report.

Kinking of an epidural catheter with resultant failure to inject drug is a complication of lumbar epidural analgesia. Here, we report a case of kinking of epidural catheter 1 cm proximal to its tip after 20 days of insertion. It was inserted to a female for pain relief, suffering from carcinoma of the cervix.

Evaluation of invasive and non-invasive diagnostic modalities for Helicobacter pylori infection in children.

Invasive and non invasive tests for Helicobacter pylori performed on 31 children were evaluated as diagnostic modalities. Investigations included upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic grasp biopsy (EGB) from antrum and corpus (for rapid urease test, impression smear, histology and culture), antral brushings, serum ELISA for IgG antibodies, rapid blood test, and IgG antibodies in unstimulated saliva. Our results suggested that amongst the invasive methods brush cytology was more sensitive than histology and impression smear.

Diagnostic modalities for gastroesophageal reflux.

Objective: To evaluate commonly utilized diagnostic modalities to detecting Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER).

Methods: Sixty children aged 1-72 months (mean age 14.7 months) with symptoms suggestive of Gastroesosphageal Reflux (GER) were investigated and subjected to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and esophageal biopsy (EB), gastroesophageal scintiscanning (GS) and 24 hour ambulatory pH monitoring.

Association of gastroesophageal reflux disease in young children with persistent respiratory symptoms.

Forty children aged between 3 months and 3 years (median age 14 months) with persistent respiratory symptoms beyond 4 weeks or recurrence of respiratory symptoms were investigated for gastroesophageal reflux (GER). Diagnostic tests included upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, oesophageal biopsy, gastroesophageal scintiscan and 24 h ambulatory oesophageal pH monitoring. GER was detected in 14 (35 per cent) of these patients; which included 38 per cent of the enrolled cases of recurrent bronchopneumonia, 40 per cent cases of reactive airway disease, and 22 per cent cases of persistent cough.