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Increased and inappropriate production of aldosterone from the adrenal gland is known as primary aldosteronism and leads to sodium retention with hypertension, suppression of plasma renin, and hypokalemia and...
Pneumomediastinum, air within the planes of the mediastinum, occurs in a wide variety of clinical settings. In the perioperative period, pneumomediastinum is caused by various anesthetic and surgical complications, but...
A 31-year-old woman was referred to our pain clinic department under the diagnosis of an adult onset Still's disease. She had been suffering from high fever, skin rash, multiple arthralgia,...
Malignant hyperthermia is a genetically transmitted, catastrophic, hypermetabolic syndrome that is induced by potent volatile anesthetics and/or depolarizing muscle relaxants. It is now well established that the pathophysiology is related...
Abrupt increase in the size of cervico-mediastinal tumor due to infection or spontaneous hemorrhage into cyst can induce severe tracheal compression and therefore sudden death. A 5 year old boy,...
Previous studies have shown that patient-controlled analgesia(PCA) provides effective pain control in the postoperative patient. To compare the effect of pain relief on postoperative sympathetic responses and myocardial oxygen consumption,...