Is music the food of the anesthesia in children?

Background: The noise in an operating room may have a detrimental effect on human cognitive functions, and it may cause perioperative anxiety with prolonged exposure. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of music therapy and use of earplugs and normal noise level in the operating room under general anesthesia of pediatric patients on hemodynamic parameters and postoperative emergence delirium.

Methods: One hundred and five pediatric patients were involved in this study.

Pulmonary Embolism During Hepatoblastoma Resection.

Although hepatoblastoma is rare, it is the most malignant tumour of childhood. Treatment is usually done by surgical resection and chemotherapy. The mortality and morbidity have decreased due to improvements in the treatments.

Successful sleeve lobectomy of pediatric inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor.

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an uncommon solid tumor that was originally described in the lung. A 4-year-old girl was admitted to hospital with urticarial rash. On chest radiographs, an opacity was seen in the inferior zone of the left lung, and computed tomography showed a mass in the left lower lobe.

The effect of methylene blue treatment on aspiration pneumonia.

Background: The study aimed to examine whether methylene blue (MB) prevents different pulmonary aspiration materials-induced lung injury in rats.

Methods: The experiments were designed in 60 Sprague-Dawley rats, ranging in weight from 250-300 g, randomly allotted into one of six groups (n = 10): saline control, Biosorb Energy Plus (BIO), hydrochloric acid (HCl), saline + MB treated, BIO + MB treated, and HCl + MB treated. Saline, BIO, and HCl were injected into the lungs in a volume of 2 mL/kg.

A novel approach for preventing esophageal stricture formation: olmesartan prevented apoptosis.

Accidentally ingested corrosive substances can cause functional and structural damage to the esophageal tissue resulting in stricture formation. It has been reported that the administration of olmesartan (OLM) can have anti-inflammatory, antifibrotic and antiapoptotic effects on injured tissue. The aim of our study was to check if OLM could prevent formation of scars in the corrosive esophageal burn model.

Desferrioxamine effectively attenuates testicular tissue at the end of 3 h of ischemia but not in an equal period of reperfusion.

Objective: To investigate the effect of desferrioxamine (DFX) on ipsilateral and contralateral testis damage caused by experimental testis torsion and detorsion.

Materials And Methods: Forty rats were divided into five groups (n = 8): control, torsion (T), torsion + desferrioxamine (T + DFX), torsion/detorsion (T/D), and torsion/detorsion + desferrioxamine (T/D + DFX). The right testes of the rats were subjected to torsion and detorsion for 3 h each.

Desferrioxamine reduces oxidative stress in the lung contusion.

Our hypothesis in this study is that desferrioxamine (DFX) has therapeutic effects on experimental lung contusions in rats. The rats were divided into four groups (n = 8): control, control+DFX, contusion, and contusion+DFX. In the control+DFX and contusion+DFX groups, 100 mg/kg DFX was given intraperitoneally once a day just after the contusion and the day after the contusion.

Preventive effects of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on glycerol-induced myoglobinuric acute renal failure in rats.

Myoglobinuric acute renal failure (ARF) is a uremic syndrome caused by traumatic or non-traumatic skeletal muscle breakdown and intracellular elements that are released into the bloodstream. We hypothesized that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy could be beneficial in the treatment of myoglobinuric ARF caused by rhabdomyolysis. A total of 32 rats were used in the study.

Congenital Spigelian hernia associated with undescended testis.

Background: A Spigelian hernia (SH) is a ventral interstitial hernia through a defect in the Spigelian fascia; an undescended testis is sometimes associated with this clinical entity in male newborns. The etiopathogenesis, surgical anatomy, diagnostic methods, and treatment for this rare condition are discussed with a review of the literature.

Methods: A 20-day-old newborn was admitted to our hospital for a swelling in the right lower abdomen and undescended testis.

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on aspiration pneumonia.

We have studied whether hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) prevents different pulmonary aspiration materials-induced lung injury in rats. The experiments were designed in 60 Sprague-Dawley rats, ranging in weight from 250 to 300 g, randomly allotted into one of six groups (n = 10): saline control, Biosorb Energy Plus (BIO), hydrochloric acid (HCl), saline + HBO treated, BIO + HBO treated, and HCl + HBO treated. Saline, BIO, HCl were injected into the lungs in a volume of 2 ml/kg.

Preventive effects of curcumin on different aspiration material-induced lung injury in rats.

Purpose: We have studied whether curcumin protects different pulmonary aspiration material-induced lung injury in rats.

Materials And Methods: The experiments were designed in 60 Sprague-Dawley rats, randomly allotted into one of six groups (n=10): normal saline (NS, control), enteral formula (Biosorb Energy Plus, BIO), hydrochloric acid (HCl), NS+curcumin-treated, BIO+curcumin-treated, and HCl+curcumin-treated. NS, BIO, HCl were injected in to the lungs.

Personal characteristics of enuretic children: an epidemiological study from South-East Europe.

Introduction: This study examined the personal characteristics of enuretic children and investigated the risk factors of nocturnal enuresis among schoolchildren.

Methods: It was a cross-sectional and descriptive questionnaire study and 2,000 children were stratified according to school population, age and gender. The questionnaire was designed for parents to collect information about the prevalence and associated factors as well.

Protective effects of S-methylisothiourea sulfate on different aspiration materials-induced lung injury in rats.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) specific inhibitor, S-methylisothiourea sulfate (SMT) in preventing lung injury after different pulmonary aspiration materials in rats.

Material And Methods: The experiments were performed in 80 Sprague-Dawley rats, ranging in weight from 220 to 250 g, randomly allotted into one of the eight groups (n=10): normal saline (NS, control), Biosorb Energy Plus (BIO), sucralfate (SUC), hydrochloric acid (HCl), NS+SMT treated, BIO+SMT treated, SUC+SMT treated, and HCl+SMT treated. NS, BIO, SUC, HCl were injected in to the lungs in a volume of 2 ml/kg.

Effect of curcumin on ipsilateral and contralateral testes after unilateral testicular torsion in a rat model.

Objective: The aim of the study was to determine the protective effect of curcumin on testicular ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury.

Materials And Methods: 32 male rats were divided into four groups (n = 8): group 1: control; group 2: ischemia; group 3: I/R, and group 4: I/R+CUR. Curcumin (150 mg/kg, p.

Protective effects of ibuprofen on testicular torsion/detorsion-induced ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats.

The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect of ibuprofen on testicular torsion/detorsion-induced ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. A total of 48 prepubertal male Wistar albino rats were divided into two models: early and late orchiectomy. Testicular torsion was created by rotating the right testis 720 degrees in a clockwise direction.

Antioxidants vitamin E and C attenuate hepatic fibrosis in biliary-obstructed rats.

Aim: To investigate whether antioxidants vitamin E and C can retard development of hepatic fibrosis in the biliary-obstructed rats.

Methods: Fifty Wistar albino rats were randomly assigned to 5 groups (10 rats in each). Bile duct was ligated in 40 rats and they were treated as follows: group vitC, vitamin C 10 mg/kg sc daily; group vitE, vitamin E 15 mg/kg sc daily; group vitEC, both of the vitamins; bile duct-ligated (BDL, control) group, physiological saline sc.

Protective effect of L-carnitine on testicular ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats.

Testicular torsion is a urological emergency referred to as 'acute scrotum', because inappropriate treatment can lead to male subfertility and infertility. A possible cause of testicular damage is the ischaemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury attributed to oxygen free radicals. L-carnitine, a vitamin-like antioxidant, plays a pivotal role in the maturation of spermatozoa within the reproductive tract.

The effect of melatonin on protein oxidation and nitric oxide in the brain tissue of hypoxic neonatal rats.

Melatonin is a potent antioxidant agent that can scavenge oxy- and nitroradicals generated under hypoxic conditions in the brain. In this study, we investigated the effect of melatonin on protein oxidation and nitric oxide (NO) during hypoxia. Seven-day-old Sprague-Dawley newborn rats were divided into three groups.

Effects of vitamins E and C supplementation on hepatic glutathione peroxidase activity and tissue injury associated with ethanol ingestion in malnourished rats.

Background: Oxidative stress has been associated with tissue injury in alcoholic liver disease. Although this close association is well known, whether prevention of oxidative stress retards tissue injury has not been thoroughly investigated.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effects of supplementation with vitamins E and C on antioxidant enzyme status and histologic changes in hepatic tissue in a rat model of alcoholic liver disease.

Treatment of tracheomalacia with Palmaz stent: a case report.

Tracheomalacia is a potentially life-threatening clinical problem. The expandable Palmaz stent can be used for the treatment of tracheomalacia. We describe a female infant with tracheomalacia who showed respiratory distress the day after birth.

The protective role of melatonin in experimental hypoxic brain damage.

Background: It is known that oxygen-derived free radicals play an important role in the pathogenesis of brain injury. Melatonin is a powerful scavenger of the oxygen free radicals. In this study, the protective effect of melatonin against the damage inflicted by reactive oxygen species during brain hypoxia was investigated in newborn rats using biochemical parameters.