Changes in the cuff pressure in neonates in the absence of nitrous oxide.

Background: Changes in the pressure of cuffed neonatal size tracheal tubes (TT) during anaesthesia without nitrous oxide are not well described. We determined whether the cuff pressure changes over time in neonates under general anaesthesia without nitrous oxide.

Methods: The airways of thirty neonates were secured with a high volume low pressure cuffed TT for meningocele surgery.

The Turkish experience with therapeutic plasma exchange: A national survey.

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is used to treat more than 60 diseases worldwide and has drawn growing interest. Little is known about the current situation of TPE activity in Turkey, so we developed a survey to obtain information about this timely topic. We collected data on TPE from 28 apheresis units throughout Turkey.

Does Transfusion of Blood and Blood Products Increase the Length of Stay in Hospital?

We aimed to analyze the use of blood products in cardiac surgery and to investigate its effect on clinical outcomes. Perioperative transfusion requirement, survival and complication rates and the duration of hospitalization were noted. Patients were divided into two groups considering the duration of hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) stay.

Postoperative thrombotic effects of tranexamic acid in open heart surgery.

Background: Following the administration of tranexamic acid, the occurrence of thromboembolic events is a controversial issue.

Aims: In this retrospective cohort study, we aimed to determine the possible thromboembolic complications due to tranexamic acid as a prophylactic method in patients undergoing open heart surgery.

Methods: The data of 172 adult patients undergoing open heart surgery were analyzed.

Performance measures for endoscopy services: A European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) quality improvement initiative.

The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and United European Gastroenterology present a list of key performance measures for endoscopy services. We recommend that these performance measures be adopted by all endoscopy services across Europe. The measures include those related to the leadership, organization, and delivery of the service, as well as those associated with the patient journey.

Can Rotational Thromboelastometry be a New Predictive Tool for Retinal Vein Occlusion Development?

Purpose: To evaluate clotting dynamics by a new tool called rotational tromboelastometry (ROTEM) in retinal vein occlusion.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-six patients who were diagnosed with retinal vein occlusion and 43 age and sex matched healthy controls were included in this study. Diabetes and use of anticoagulant therapy were exclusion criteria.

Performance measures for endoscopy services: a European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Quality Improvement Initiative.

The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and United European Gastroenterology present a list of key performance measures for endoscopy services. We recommend that these performance measures be adopted by all endoscopy services across Europe. The measures include those related to the leadership, organization, and delivery of the service, as well as those associated with the patient journey.

Coagulopathy during liver transplantation.

In this review article, we aimed to mainly review the principles for the management of hemostasis, changes that occur in the hemostatic system, and the techniques to reduce hemorrhage during liver transplantation. Hemostasis is a defense mechanism that may ensue from vascular damage and hemorrhage and consists of multiple phases which involve cellular and humoral elements of coagulation. In the presence of a cause, such as trauma-induced liver injury or hepatic failure that may trigger coagulopathy, the process becomes more problematic, and moreover, severe coagulation disorders may arise in daily practice unless the situation is intervened correctly and on time.

Analysing the efficacy of the I-gel supraglottic airway device in the supine and lateral decubitus positions.

Background: The advantages of the I-gel supraglottic airway device include ease and speed of insertion, reduced trauma incidence, an integral bite block, gastric access, a non-inflatable cuff and superior seal pressure. The primary goal of this study was to compare airway leak pressures and the fibreoptic view in the supine and lateral positions. Our secondary aim was to analyse the effects of I-gel insertion on haemodynamic parameters.

Diagnostic performances of intravoxel incoherent motion and conventional diffusion-weighted imaging in the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant portal vein thrombus.

Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) parameters in the differential diagnosis of portal vein thrombus (PVT).

Methodology: Thirty-five patients with PVT were enrolled in this retrospective study. Precontrast axial in-phase and out-of-phase T1-weighted (W) turbo field echo (TFE), axial and coronal T2-W single-shot turbo spin echo, IVIM with b values between 0 and 1300 s/mm and conventional DWI with b factors of 50, 400, and 800 s/mm with single-shot echo-planar imaging, and postcontrast dynamic T1-W volumetric interpolated breath-hold examination images obtained with 1.

Peripheral blood stem cell collection for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Practical implications after 200 consequent transplants.

Background: Proper stem cell mobilization is one of the most important steps in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). The aim of this paper is to share our 6 years' experience and provide practical clinical approaches particularly for stem cell mobilization and collection within the series of more than 200 successive allogeneic HSCT at our transplant center.

Subjects & Methods: Two hundred and seven consecutive patients who underwent allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation were included in this study.

VivaSight: a new era in the evolution of tracheal tubes.

Study Objective: To evaluate the available data describing the use of single and double lumen VivaSight tubes.

Design: Systematic review.

Setting: The use of VivaSight tubes for elective surgeries including advantages, disadvantages, and possible complications.

Ductal Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate With a Rare Clinical Presentation; Late Gastric Metastasis.

A 67 year male had robotic prostatectomy whose pathology revealed mixed type prostate cancer composed of 55% ductal and 45% acinar components. The patient was then admitted to hospital with sudden health problems including ascites and serious vomiting attacks in the 46th month after prostatectomy and the PSA test was 4565 ng/mL. Gastroscopic biopsy was reported and proved immunhistochemically undifferentiated ductal prostate cancer metastasis.

Simultaneous surgical treatment in congenital scoliosis and/or kyphosis associated with intraspinal abnormalities.

Study Design: Retrospective clinical study.

Objective: To show retrospective analysis of 21 consecutive patients who underwent simultaneous surgical treatment for progressive spinal deformity and coexisting intraspinal pathologies (tethered cord and/or diastematomyelia).

Summary Of Background Data: The classic advocated approach in patients with congenital spine deformity associated with intraspinal anomalies is first to perform surgery for the intraspinal pathologies and then surgery for correction and stabilization of the deformity 3 to 6 months later.