Open Access DOI:10.23937/2572-4215.1510026
Pure Motor Paraplegia Following Repair of a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
Peyton Miles and Jeffrey S Hecht, MD
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 28, 2022
Paraplegia is common following thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAA) repair. It results from ischemia of the anterior spinal cord in the distribution of the anterior spinal artery and causes anterior spinal cord syndrome. However, this young patient with asymptomatic idiopathic TAA developed pure motor incomplete paraplegia with elevated creatinine phosphokinase levels following repair....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2469-5734/1510148
Magnetic Therapy of Tooth Diseases
Manfred Fahnle
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: September 28, 2022
In my paper I describe the magnetic therapy of tooth problems, occurring after extraction of a tooth, and I explain the physical processes underlying this therapy. The objective of my paper is to describe the magnetic therapy of tooth diseases. The methods are theoretical investigations, and the materials are magnetic processes. The results are that there is a very effective magnetic therapy of tooth diseases....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3419/1410176
The Role of Adjuvant Metronomic Chemotherapy in Increasing Overall Response Rate in Patients with Breast Cancer
Bhushan Jain and Akhila Pakalapati
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: September 18, 2022
Treatment paradigms against cancer have continuously evolved over the years. Having said that, with its prevalence of more than 2 million cases each year, breast cancer represents an urgent global priority [1]. Breast carcinomas accounted for 11.6 % of cancer cases and were the cause of mortality in as many as 6.6 % of women in the world in 2018 [2]. Toxicity and chemoresistance are significant hurdles in conventional chemotherapy and to avoid these issues, a new approach to drug administration,...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410148
Thoracic Spinal Anesthesia is Safe and without Neurological Sequelae: Study with 1,406 Patients
Luiz Eduardo Imbelloni, MD, PhD, Marcos Fornasari, MD, Raphael Sant’Anna, MD and Geraldo Borges de Morais Filho, MSc
Article Type: Retrospective Study | First Published: October 06, 2022
Most anesthesiologists use the thoracic epidural, with a 0.75% incidence of accidental perforation. However, they are reluctant to consider higher levels for spinal anesthesia because of the possibility of direct spinal cord injury. The main objective of this retrospective study was to evaluate the incidence of paresthesia and neurological complications, as well as cardiocirculatory changes after thoracic spinal anesthesia....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2377-4630/1410147
Automation of Anesthesiology – Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Clinicians
Dmitry Neymark, BSc
Article Type: Commentary | First Published: October 01, 2022
As technology continues to evolve at an exponential rate, conversations about its innovative promise become increasingly prominent in every sphere of life. Medicine and the field of anesthesiology are no exceptions to this trend. Discussions surrounding the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) elicit a mixture of feelings, ranging from excitement about its potential for enhancing patient care to uncertainty about the impact it may have on the future of the profession among current and prospecti...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2643-4512/1710087
Health Exposure and Environmental Challenges of Households Living Nearby an Open Landfill System in Nigerian Urban Centre
Nnamdi C Ogbuehi, Maureen C Orji and Omobolaji O Afolabi
Article Type: Original Research | First Published: October 01, 2022
Urbanization and poor town planning have contributed to large waste generation, poor management, and landfill are sited close to the living environment; hence, high health risk. The study assessed households living near open landfills' health-related exposure and environmental challenges. The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among households living within a radius of 250m (Category A) and 500m (Category) from the landfill based on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410407
Gastric Schwannoma, Rare Presentation of a Gastric Mass, with an Excellent Outcome
Fadwa Oudad, Samira Benayad, Zineb Bouchbika, Nadia Benchakroun, Nezha Tawfiq, Hassan Jouhadi, Souha Sahraoui and Abdellatif Benider
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 30, 2022
Schwannoma is a benign tumor, that mainly occurs in the nerve endings of the head and neck, and more rarely in the gastrointestinal tract. In the latter case, it appears as a submucosal tumor (SMT), which elective site is the stomach. Gastric schwannoma (GS) accounts for 0.2% of all gastric tumors and is mostly benign slow-growing, and very often asymptomatic. Its diagnosis can only be confirmed by a histopathological examination, which allows the distinction between a GS and other SMTs, particu...
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410406
Anesthetic Management of a Patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa for Esophageal Dilatation: A Case Report
Ersin Kandemir, Begüm Gökdemir, Deniz Kaya, Figen Leblebici and Nedim Çekmen
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 30, 2022
Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a mucocutaneous disorder characterized by fragility of skin and mucosal membranes to the mechanical stress resulting formation of blisters, erosions and scarring. Their vulnerability needs certain attention and anesthetic management plan to perform anesthesia requiring procedures and surgeries without complications. In our case, a patient with EB had undergone an esophageal dilatation procedure....
Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3656/1410405
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculous Meningitis in a Pregnant Woman
Batuhan Erdir, Burcu Ileri Fikri, Irem Ezgi Demirhisar and Guldem Turan
Article Type: Case Report | First Published: September 30, 2022
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is the most fatal form of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Its diagnosis remains difficult due to poor suspicion of the disease especially in the case of pregnancy. We bring to your attention a 27-year-old pregnant woman who came to the emergency department with headache and nausea. With high clinical suspicion and early treatment with Meropenem 3x2 gram, Levofloxacin 2 x 500 mg, Amoxicillin Clavulanate 3 x 1 gram, Ethambutol 1 x 25 mg/kg body weight, Pyrazi...