Systemic Inflammatory Response during Laparotomy by Ahmad Mahamid, Basel Jabarin, Gidon Almogy

“…Six venous blood samples were collected perioperatively from each patient. The data were summarized by descriptive statistics and presented in a box plot. …”
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Acute Coronary Syndrome as an Unusual Initial Presentation of T-Prolymphocytic Leukemia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Christian R. Klein, Felix Jansen, Peter Brossart, Marco Herling, Georg Feldmann

“…Leukocytosis was found perioperatively and T-PLL (with TCL1 rearrangement) was subsequently diagnosed. …”
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Histological assessment of a novel restorative coronary artery bypass graft in a chronic ovine model by Yu Sato, Matthew Kutnya, Biniyam Abebe, Mohammed S. El Kurdi, Martijn Cox, Richard W. Bianco, Bart Meuris, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys, Renu Virmani

“…Pathological evaluation was conducted at 12 months.ResultsIn the XABG group, two sheep died perioperatively; two were sacrificed at 3 months (1 occluded, 1 patent) and two at 6 months (both patent). …”
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A model for developing a surgical and anaesthesia safety checklist in reducing surgical morbidity and mortality: A literature review by Handayani Rahmaya Nova, AryadiA M., Suandika Made, Yudha Magenda Bisma, Surtiningsih

“…A surgical checklist can prevent errors and complications that may occur during surgery or perioperatively. The objective is to ascertain the various models of surgical and a naesthesia patient safety checklist instrument and their development. …”
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Long-term Breast Shape Analysis After Short-scar Reduction Mammaplasty: A Critical View by Daniel Hilewitz, MD, Oren Ganor, MD, Neta Adler, MD, Asaf Olshinka, MD, Dafna Shilo Yaacobi, MD, Lior Har-Shai, MD, Tamir Shay, MD, Michael Icekson, MD, Dean Ad-El, MD, Sagit Meshulam-Derazon, MD

“…Breasts were measured preoperatively, perioperatively, and at least 1 year postoperatively. …”
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Pretransplant Factors and Associations with Postoperative Respiratory Failure, ICU Length of Stay, and Short-Term Survival after Liver Transplantation in a High MELD Population by Mark R. Pedersen, Myunghan Choi, Jeffrey A. Brink, Anil B. Seetharam

“…Changes in distribution policies have increased median MELD at transplant with recipients requiring increasing intensive care perioperatively. We aimed to evaluate association of preoperative variables with postoperative respiratory failure (PRF)/increased intensive care unit length of stay (ICU LOS)/short-term survival in a high MELD cohort undergoing liver transplant (LT). …”
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Intrathecal magnesium sulphate as an adjuvant to bupivacaine for infraumbilical surgeries: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis by Mohamed Mohamed Belal, Osama Mohammad Alazki, Mohamed Nabih Bashir, Lana Yousef Sbitan, Douaa Albelal, Farah Albakkar, Abdelrahmanh H. Hafez, Ayman Issa Nabhan

“…Adding magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) to intrathecal local anaesthetics can prolong analgesia, reduce postoperative analgesic requirements and improve the management of shivering perioperatively. This review aims to investigate the use of intrathecal adjuvant MgSO4 for anaesthesia in infraumbilical surgeries. …”
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Efficacy of Intramuscular versus Intravenous Dexmedetomidine on Attenuation of Haemodynamic Responses to Laryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation: A Randomised Clinical Trial by Anupama Kumari, Paras Anand, Jigisha Mehta, Sara Mary Thomas

“…Dexmedetomidine, an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist has been extensively used perioperatively for stabilising intraoperative haemodynamics. …”
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