Aim: The aim of the study was to create an experimental rabbit model for investigating the effects of nasal catheterization on rhinosinus mucosa, bacterial flora and observing the development of bacterial sinusitis.
Methods: Healthy adult white rabbits of either sex and with body weights of 2.5-3 kg were used. Rabbits were randomly separated into two groups; the first group was catheterized by 12 French and the second group was catheterized by 8 French catheters blindly and the non-catheterized left sides were accepted as control. Three randomly chosen rabbits from each group were examined by computerized tomography scans (CT) and sacrified in the first, second and the fourth week of the study. Microbiological and histopathological examinations were performed.
Results: In both study groups after the first week of nasal catheterization, opacity or air-fluid level was detected in maxillary sinuses by CT scans, which was significant in group 1. Inflammation spread by the prolongation of nasal catheterization and rapidly development of sinusitis was observed by thicker catheters' usage.
Conclusion: In this study, the role of nasal catheterization as a predisposing factor in the development of sinusitis and the increase of sinusitis development risk in relation with the catheterization period and the catheters' thickness was shown.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Measuring the Work Relative Value of Common Nursing Items for the General Departments of Tertiary Hospitals: A Descriptive Study.
J Eval Clin Pract
February 2025
Sichuan University/West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Aim(s): This study aims to evaluate the workload of clinical nurses by measuring the work relative value (work RVU) of common nursing items based on the resource-based relative value scale in China.
Background: Various single measurements have been employed to measure the nursing workload, but no comprehensive method has yet to be developed in China.
Methods: A descriptive study was conducted to construct a common item set for nursing work in general wards on the basis of the 2019 History Information System nursing database from Class A tertiary hospitals to identify the time associated with each service.
Utilisation of a post-Fontan management pathway reduces chest tube drainage and hospital readmission rates.
Cardiol Young
December 2024
Pediatric Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Background: Complications following the Fontan procedure include prolonged pleural drainage and readmission for effusions. To address these complications, a post-Fontan management pathway was implemented with primary goals of reducing chest tube duration/reinsertion rates and decreasing hospital length of stay and readmissions.
Methods: Fontan patients were identified by retrospective chart review (2017-2019) to obtain baseline data for chest tube duration/reinsertion rates, hospital length of stay, and readmission rates for effusion.
Dysphagia as a manifestation in superior vena cava syndrome.
BMJ Case Rep
September 2024
Cirurgia (Otorhinolaringology), Universitat de Valencia Facultat de Medicina i Odontologia, Valencia, Spain
Article Synopsis
- Dysphagia and dyspnoea with cervicofacial oedema have a broad differential diagnosis and can indicate serious conditions needing urgent care.
- A middle-aged man presented to the emergency room with these symptoms and a history of central venous access from four years ago.
- He was diagnosed with superior vena cava syndrome and improved after treatment with anticoagulants and catheter removal, which greatly reduced his symptoms.
Paradoxical Embolism in Juveniles and Young Adults With Severe-to-Profound Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss.
Ear Nose Throat J
May 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Paradoxical embolism from right-to-left shunting is a common cause of cryptogenic stroke in the young. Circulatory ischemia of the cochlea is closely connected with severe-to-profound sudden sensorineural hearing loss. This study aimed to explore the role of paradoxical embolism in severe-to-profound sudden sensorineural hearing loss in juveniles and young adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLarge Saddle Pulmonary Embolism Safely Managed by Ultrasonic-supported Catheter-directed Thrombolytic Therapy.
Heart Views
April 2024
Department of Cardiology, Al Zahra Hospital, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A 40-year-old patient confirmed on computed tomography of the pulmonary arteries (CT/PAs) a large saddle pulmonary embolus in the main PA extending in both branches. He was managed by ultrasound-supported catheter-directed (EkoSonic, Boston Scientific) intrapulmonary thrombolytic therapy using a recombinant tissue plasminogen activator prolonged infusion over 16 h with a total dose of 50 mg divided in both PAs simultaneously with intravenous unfractionated heparin. He showed clinical improvement with improved arterial oxygen (PaO2) with reduced oxygen therapy with a nasal cannula.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!