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Obstetrics and gynecology · Aug 2003
Practice Guideline Guideline Retracted PublicationACOG Committee Opinion Number 284, August 2003: Nonobstetric surgery in pregnancy.
Although there are no data to support specific recommendations regarding nonobstetric surgery and anesthesia in pregnancy, it is important for nonobstetric physicians to obtain obstetric consultation before performing nonobstetric surgery. The decision to use fetal monitoring should be individualized, and each case warrants a team approach for the optimal safety of the woman and her baby.
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Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther · Jul 2003
Retraction Of Publication[Influence of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on the natriuretic peptides ANP and BNP. A comparison between long and short duration of CPB and off pump surgery].
Plasma atrial and brain natriuretic peptide (ANP and BNP) are cardiac hormones secreted mainly due to cardiac overload. The study was designed to assess plasma concentrations of ANP and BNP in patients undergoing coronary bypass grafting (CABG) with long and short duration of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and without CPB (off-pump surgery). ⋯ CPB influenced BNP, but not ANP plasma concentrations. An influence of the duration of CPB on ANP and BNP was not seen.
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Retracted Publication
Neuromuscular blockade can be assessed accelerographically over the vastus medialis muscle in patients positioned prone.
To study accelerographic monitoring of neuromuscular blockade over the vastus medialis muscle in anesthetized patients in the prone position. ⋯ The degree of neuromuscular blockade can be assessed accelerographically over the vastus medialis muscle even when patients are in the prone position. When evaluated accelerographically over the vastus medialis muscle, onset of neuromuscular blockade is quicker and TOFR is higher than that assessed at the thumb.
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Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), but the temporal relationship remains unclear. ⋯ These results suggest a relationship between EBV infection and development of MS.