PREOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF MAXILLOFACIAL WAR INJURIES.

The complex anatomical structures of the Cervico-Facial area, makes the knowledge of the anatomical extent of the tissue damaged by war injury, and the location of the foreign body or shell, quite difficult.The terms perforating, penetrating and avulsive wounds used in war injuries are merely superficial description; they hide the nature and the ac

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Regional Anaesthesia in a Combat Setting

Background: Recent advances in combat casualty care have contributed significantly to higher survival rates in previously fatal injuries from military trauma.However, most of the literature comes from international data during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.Despite having conflicts, counter insurgency operations spanning ove

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Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in calves (Bos taurus and Bos indicus) in the Formiga city, Minas Gerais - Brazil

Cryptosporidiosis is a waterborne disease, has as aggravating the difficulty of preventing environmental contamination and lack of effective therapeutic measures.With marked importance to the cattle, causes inflammation and intestinal villous atrophy resulting in loss of absorptive surface.This study aimed to perform molecular characterization of C

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Nocturnal Heart Rate and Cardiac Repolarization in Lowlanders With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at High Altitude: Data From a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with cardiovascular disease.We investigated whether sleeping at altitude increases nocturnal heart rate (HR) and other markers of cardiovascular risk or arrhythmias in lowlanders with COPD and whether this can be prevented by nocturnal oxygen therapy (NOT).Methods: Twenty-four W

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