An exploratory study of the relationship between postoperative nausea and vomiting and postdischarge nausea and vomiting in children undergoing ambulatory surgery.

Background: The factors contributing to postoperative nausea and vomiting in children have been identified, but there have been no reported studies that have studied pediatric postdischarge nausea and vomiting.

Aims: This preliminary study aimed to identify  the factors affecting postdischarge nausea and vomiting in ambulatory children, specifically whether postoperative nausea and vomiting factors are contributory.

Methods: One hundred and twenty-two pediatric patients aged 5-10 years undergoing elective ambulatory surgery participated in this institution-approved study.

MR imaging-related electrical thermal injury complicated by acute carpal tunnel and compartment syndrome: case report.

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is generally considered a safe procedure. Contraindications include the presence of foreign objects in or on the body, which may be subject to electromagnetic fields associated with the MR system. Most of these objects are well known and are routinely screened for prior to the procedure.

Fracture repair: modulation of fracture-callus and mechanical properties by sequential application of IL-6 following PTH 1-34 or PTH 28-48.

Fracture healing presents a sequence of three major stages: inflammation and granulation tissue formation, callus formation and remodeling. Our working hypothesis was that fracture-repair might be enhanced by stimulating proliferation of chondrocytes and osteoblasts in the early stages of fracture healing followed by sequential acceleration of the remodeling process. In the present study we employed a novel device developed by us implementing a standardized fracture in rat tibiae.

Nontraumatic clostridial myonecrosis: an indication for colonoscopy?

Clostridial myonecrosis (CM) is a rare infection that usually arises after traumatic injury. Spontaneous or nontraumatic CM is even more rare and has been described in association with colorectal malignancy. These infections carry a high mortality rate and require urgent surgical intervention and intensive antibiotic therapy.