ABSTRACT Purpose: Obesity is accepted as a risk factor for postoperative visual loss due to possible perioperative elevations in intraocular pressure. This study investigated whether intraocular pressure changes differed according to the body mass index of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectom...
Abstract Introduction: Speckle-tracking echocardiography has shown its usefulness in the evaluation of the right ventricle (RV) in healthy subjects and in pulmonary hypertension. It is unknown whether this technique could be sensitive to assess healthy RV with increases in preload. Methods: Consecutive...
BACKGROUND: The Trendelenburg position (TP) has been empirically used to increase preload and thus cardiac output (CO). Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) is a noninvasive technique that estimates CO. We aimed to describe if the TP can improve CO. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a descriptive study i...
Introdução: Este arquivo busca verificar a incidência de lesões por pressão (LP) e
eventos adversos graves em pacientes submetidos à posição prona.
Métodos: Estudo de coorte retrospectivo realizado entre 2015 a 2017 no Centro
de Terapia Intensiva (CTI) de um Hospital Universitário de Porto Aleg...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate and classify patients according to the Risk Assessment Scale for Perioperative Pressure Injuries; verify the association between sociodemographic and clinical variables and the risk score; and identify the occurrence of pressure injuries due to surgical positioning. Met...
Acute compartment syndrome of the lower extremities after urological surgery in the lithotomy position is a rare but potentially devastating clinical and medicolegal problem. We report the case of a 67-year-old male who underwent laparoscopic prostatectomy surgery to treat cancer, spending 180 minutes in...
Introduction Intracranial dermoid tumors represent a rare clinical entity that
accounts for 0.04 to 0.6% of all intracranial tumors. Their location in the posterior
fossa is uncommon.
Objectives To report the case of a young woman with a posterior fossa dermoid cyst
treated by right far lateral approach....
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the impact of the patient position on the outcomes of PCNL among patients with complex renal stones. Material and Methods: From July 2011 to July 2014, we collected prospective data of consecutive patients who underwent PCNL. We included all patients with complex stones (G...
