Clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes of mediastinal neuroblastoma with intraspinal extension: a retrospective study.

Background: Mediastinal neuroblastoma (NB) can invade the spinal canal and result in spinal cord compression. Some patients go on to develop severe spinal deformities after decompression of the spinal cord. The optimal therapeutic strategy for mediastinal NB with intraspinal extension is still unclear.

Consequence of dexmedetomidine on emergence delirium following sevoflurane anesthesia in children with cerebral palsy.

Children with cerebral palsy can demonstrate irritability following emergence from general anaesthesia. As well, an elevated rate of emergence delirium (ED) in children has been associated with the application of sevoflurane. The current study's intent is to administer dexmedetomidine, in a single dosage administration, at the initial phase of sevoflurane based anesthesia with regard to the occurrence and severity of ED in children afflicted with cerebral palsy.

Dangerous blind tracheal intubation attempt due to fiberscope non-availability in a pediatric patient with retropharyngeal abscess caused by a large fish bone.

In China, foods containing bones are sometimes fed to young infants. Occasionally, this practice results in bone aspiration and retropharyngeal abscess, a potentially life-threatening infection in the deep space of the neck that can compromise the airway. The main concern in managing patients with retropharyngeal abscess is airway management.

Serious anaphylactic shock induced by hemocoagulase agkistrodon during anesthesia in a 5-year-old child.

We report a case of serious anaphylactic shock in a 5-year-old child undergoing scheduled surgery blank space of a right femoral intramedullary nail removal. The boy had undergone right femoral elastic intramedullary nail fixation surgery 14 months prior, but had no history of allergies. Within 5 minutes of intravenous bonus injection of hemocoagulase agkistrodon (HCA) 1 unit, a widespread transient diffuse erythema was seen on the front of his chest.

Prognostic value of osteopontin expression in breast cancer: A meta-analysis.

Osteopontin (OPN) has been implicated in tumor development and progression over the last few years. However, the prognostic value of OPN overexpression in patients with breast cancer remains controversial. We performed a meta-analysis to investigate the association of OPN expression in the tumor with the clinicopathological characteristics and survival of breast cancer patients.

[Effect of dexmedetomidine on postoperative analgesia and sedation in pediatric patients undergoing cleft lip and palate repair].

Objective: To explore the effect of different doses of dexmedetomidine on the sedation of recovery period and the postoperative early pain scores in pediatric patients undergoing cleft lip and palate repair.

Methods: A total of 100 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I-II pediatric patients undergoing cleft lip and palate repair were randomly divided into 5 groups (D1, D2, D3, D4 and C, n = 20 each). Groups D1-D4 received a continuous pump infusion of dexmedetomidine at 0.