HIGH SPINAL ANESTHESIA ENHANCES ANTI-INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY AND AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: RANDOMIZED PILOT STUDY.

Cardiac surgery induces many physiologic changes including major inflammatory and sympathetic nervous system responses.Here, we conducted a single-centre pilot study to generate hypotheses on the potential immune impact of adding high spinal anaesthesia to general anaesthesia during cardiac surgery in adults.We hypothesized that this strategy, prev

The structure and function of the sarcomere of striated muscle is well studied but the steps of sarcomere assembly and maintenance remain under-characterized.With the aid of chaperones and factors of the protein quality control system, muscle proteins can be folded and assembled into the contractile apparatus of the sarcomere.When sarcomere assembl

Understanding the corneal mechanical properties has great importance in the study of corneal pathologies and the prediction of refractive surgery outcomes.Non-Contact Tonometry (NCT) is a non-invasive diagnostic tool intended to characterize the corneal tissue response in vivo by applying a defined air-pulse.The biomarkers inferred from this test c

Abstract Background Renal colic (RC), is one of the most severe pain patterns which is most commonly diagnosed and managed in the emergency department (ED).This study is designed to evaluate the characteristics of adult patients presenting with pain and diagnosed with RC in the ED, length of stay in the ED and hospital and factors affecting these v

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