Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 2013
Case ReportsLaryngeal spasm after general anaesthesia due to Ascaris lumbricoides.
Postoperative upper airway obstruction during recovery from general anaesthesia may have several causes. This is a report of a young girl who developed laryngeal spasm as a result of an ectopic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Aug 2013
Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical TrialPlasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and adverse outcome in critically ill patients with ventilatory support.
Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (pNGAL) has been introduced as an early and sensitive biomarker of acute kidney injury (AKI), with an increased risk for renal replacement therapy (RRT) and adverse outcome in selected critically ill patient groups. Acute respiratory failure is the most common organ dysfunction in critically ill patients with an increased risk for AKI. Accordingly, we hypothesized that pNGAL would independently predict adverse outcome in a heterogeneous group of critically ill adult patients with acute respiratory failure. ⋯ Baseline pNGAL gives no additional value into prediction of hospital and 90-day mortality compared with RIFLE or SAPS II, and has only moderate predictive power regarding RRT in critically ill adult patients with acute respiratory failure.