Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of minimal fresh gas requirements of baby enclosed afferent reservoir and Jackson Rees anesthetic circuit for general anesthesia in spontaneously breathing children.
The authors compared the baby enclosed afferent reservoir (Baby EAR) with the Jackson-Rees (JR) anesthesia circuit for the minimal fresh gas flow (FGF) requirement with no and clinically acceptable rebreathing in spontaneous breathing anesthesia among pediatric patients. ⋯ Baby EAR can be used safely, effectively, and requires less FGF than JR in pediatric anesthesia in patients weighing 5 to 20 kg.
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To compare pregnancy outcomes between women who gave birth at Lerdsin Hospital having gestational weight gain (GWG) within and above or below Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines. ⋯ The IOM guidelines are usefulfor monitoring gestational weight gain and if it were within guidelines, women could have decreased riskfor several adverse outcomes such as cesarean birth, macrosomia, LGA, preterm birth, LBW and SGA.
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Pheochromocytoma (PCC) and paraganglioma (PGL) are uncommon tumors. Clinical manifestations are mass effect or hormone secretion. The initial manifestation with pericardial effusion is rare. ⋯ Pericardial effusion may be the first manifestation of paraganglioma especially if the patient had hypertension or could not find the etiology. Thus, pericardial effusion should be investigated for paraganglioma. Due to long term follow-up, this indolent growing tumor may respond to NSAIDs or regress spontaneously.