Abdominal surgery alone can induce a sterile, asymptomatic peritonitis. Nucleated cell counts (mostly neutrophils) can remain high (>30,000 cells/µL) for longer than a week after surgery. Neutrophils are usually nondegenerate, and bacteria are absent. ...
naked at the window ledge of the dormitory’s top-most story, he could spy on the gardener clipping away at the stems of a tree. He’d been observing the man’s labored reach toward every branch—the length of his torso, the nod of his head with ...
The remaining two potential pathways involved negligible flow across the foetal skin and umbilical cord surface, therefore these were no longer relevant during late gestation, after skin keratinization2. The three relevant pathways of amniotic fluid removal were further inves- tigated in late-gestation...
When is surgery necessary to manage ascites? For more refractory cases, surgical procedures may be necessary to control the ascites. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS) is a procedure done through the internal jugular vein (the main vein in the neck) under local anesthesia by an ...
The first reports of the presence of AQPs in the female reproductive system occurred in the human uterus, after cDNA isolation and sequencing (Li, Yu, & Koide, 1994). Over the last 2 decades, a number of AQPs have been found to be expressed in the endometrium of different species, ...
Fluid administration should be aggressive in the first hours, and continued only for the appropriate time frame, being usually discontinued, or significantly reduced after the first 24–48 h after admission. Close clinical and hemodynamic monitoring along with the definition of clear resuscitation goals...
This national referral center has two Surgical Intensive Care Units (SICUs) that provide trauma and acute critical care surgery (ACCS) services for eastern China. After an abbreviated laparotomy, trauma patients with nonclosure of the abdominal fascia were admitted to the SICU....
Briefly, under anesthesia with sodium pentobarbital (90 mg.kg−1 intraperitoneal injection; Hypnol 3%, Syntec, Cotia, SP, Brazil), animals’ dorsal hair was shaved and depilated with commercial hair-removing solution. After that, the dorsal skin of the back was lifted away from the animal,...
Wound drainage fluids from nine patients (15 per cent) were found to contain tumor cells as late as forty-eight to seventy-two hours after surgery, even though wound irrigations at the time of surgery were negative. In a relatively short follow-up period in two of these patients, seeding ...
Accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in its earliest stage can prevent the disease and delay the symptoms. Therefore, more sensitive, non-invasive, and simple screening tools are required for the early diagnosis and monitoring of AD. Here, we