Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Feb 2011
Clinical TrialThe low therapeutic efficacy of postoperative chest radiographs for surgical intensive care unit patients.
The clinical value of postoperative chest radiographs (CXRs) for surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients is largely unknown. In the present study, we determined the diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy of postoperative CXRs for different surgical subgroups and related their efficacy to the time after ICU admission. ⋯ Although the diagnostic efficacy of clinically indicated and routinely obtained postoperative CXRs in surgical ICU patients appears to be significant, their therapeutic efficacy is low.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Feb 2011
The distance from the skin to the epidural and subarachnoid spaces in parturients scheduled for caesarean section.
The purpose of this study was to measure the skin to epidural space distance (SED), the skin to subarachnoid space distance (SSD) and the epidural to subarachnoid space distance (ESD) at the L3-4 interspace in parturients scheduled for caesarean section (CS) and to investigate whether any correlations exist between these distances and various physical and anthropometric parameters. ⋯ Measurements of SED, SSD and ESD in parturients and the correlations between these distances to various physical and anthropometric parameters may be of potential value for combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (CSEA) in parturients scheduled for CS.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Feb 2011
Closed tracheal suction and fluid aspiration past the tracheal tube. Impact of tube cuff and airway pressure.
This study investigated the effect of different tube cuff types and airway pressures on fluid leakage past the tracheal tube cuff during suction with a closed tracheal suction system (CTSS). ⋯ The use of PU tube cuffs and intermittent transient increases in cuff pressure during suction can effectively reduce fluid leakage past the tracheal tube during closed tracheal suctioning.