Introduction: As the world's population is ageing, accurate prognostic prediction in critically ill elderly patients is becoming increasingly important. We aimed to assess the performance of the Acute Physiology and Chronic ...

The aim of this study is to analyze the demographic data of the patients followed in intensive care unit, under mechanical ventilation support, with a proved diagnosis of H1N1 infection. Our secondary aim is to determine ...

Amaç: Kan gazı analizi, solunumsal ve metabolik hastalığı olan, kritik hastaların tedavilerinin yönetiminde önemli birrol oynar. Çalışmadaki amacımız arter ve santral venöz kan gazı analizleri arasındaki ilişkiyi göstermek, ...

Prediction of difficult intubation has critical importance in anesthesia practice. Diabetic patients usually have limited joint mobility which limits the head and neck extension during laryngoscopy. On the day prior to ...

The use of ultrasound guidance increases the safety of peripheral block interventions by allowing anaesthesiologists to simultaneously see the position of block needle, the targeted nerves and surrounding vessels. In this ...

Background and objectives Mastectomy has many potential sources of pain. Rhomboid intercostal block (RIB) is a recently described plane block. The primary hypothesis of the study is that ultrasound-guided RIB combined with ...

Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a new interfasial block and especially utilizing for postoperative analgesia. In literature it has different indications. Local anesthetics can spread multilevels in erector spinae ...

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