Coagulation is a dynamic process and the understanding of the blood coagulation system
has evolved over the recent years in anaesthetic practice. Although the traditional …

Materials and Methods University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) institutional review
board approval was obtained for this observational study. Signed patient consent was …

Background: Intraoperative hypotension (IOH) may be associated with postoperative acute
kidney injury (AKI), but the duration of hypotension for triggering harm is unclear. The …

Preparing students for successful NCLEX results and strong futures as nurses in today's
world. Now in its 12th edition, Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing …

Clonidine, an alpha-2 agonist, is most widely known and used as an antihypertensive agent.
Although most of the focus on clonidine is on its ability to reduce blood pressure, it also has …

Comparative life-cycle assessment (LCA) of pharmaceutical drugs would enable clinicians
to choose alternatives with lower environmental impact from options offering equivalent …

Burst suppression is an electroencepholagram (EEG) pattern in which high-voltage activity
alternates with isoelectric quiescence. It is characteristic of an inactivated brain and is …

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Ketamine is widely used as a procedural sedation agent in pediatrics,
where its safety and efficacy are supported by numerous studies. Emergency physicians use …

Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative and a non-competitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-
aspartate (NMDA) receptor for which glutamate is the full agonist. It produces a functional …

Abstract Background The steep (40°) Trendelenburg position optimizes surgical exposure
during robotic prostatectomy. The goal of the current study was to investigate the combined …