Esophageal perforation and pneumothorax after routine intraoperative orogastric tube placement.

Orogastric and nasogastric tubes are routinely inserted in anesthetized patients to both reduce the volume of stomach contents and decrease the incidence of postoperative nausea. We present a case of esophageal perforation and subsequent pneumothorax after insertion of an orogastric tube in a patient undergoing routine shoulder arthroscopy.

A survey of military health professionals' perceptions of an acute pain service at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

Objective: The primary goal of this investigation was to survey military health care professionals at a Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, regarding their perceptions of care delivered by an anesthesiologist-directed acute pain service (APS) at a British Combat Support Hospital (CSH)-Role 3.

Methods: The APS was directed by a U.S.

Impact of an acute pain service on pain outcomes with combat-injured soldiers at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.

Background: Few studies demonstrate the impact of early aggressive analgesia with acute pain service (APS) involvement at combat support hospitals (CSHs) using real-time data. Collaboration between the British and the United States (US) Army led to a 3-month deployment of a US Army APS to Camp Bastion, the main British military base in southern Afghanistan, from April to July 2009.

Methods: Pain outcomes data were collected at Camp Bastion from 71 soldiers sustaining major combat injuries followed by an APS.

Effect of isocaloric low-fat diet on prostate cancer xenograft progression to androgen independence.

An isocaloric low-fat diet has been shown to slow androgen-sensitive Los Angeles Prostate Cancer-4 (LAPC-4) tumor growth in a mouse xenograft model. LAPC-4 cells were injected into male severe combined immunodeficient mice. After palpable tumors developed, the mice were divided into three groups, high-fat intact, high-fat castration, and low-fat castration.