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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53071#.VLSWfcnQrzE Author(s)     Reda Tolba 1 , Rhamee Badr 2 , Maged Guirguis 1 , Loran Mounir Soliman 3   Affiliation(s) 1 Anesthesiology and Pain Management Department, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, USA . 2 Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA . 3 Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA . ABSTRACT Introduction: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a disorder characterized by pain as well as a myriad of sensory, autonomic, and motor disturbances. We are reporting a case of child diagnosed with CRPS and successfully treated with supraclavicular brachial plexus catheter infusion of local anesthetic. Case Report: An eight-year-old male underwent a left thoracotomy, repair of esophageal vascular ring, and translocation of the left subclavian to the left carotid artery. Post-operative cours...

Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48637#.VK37bMnQrzE Author(s) Seble Haile Welday , Andrew Nyerere Kimang’a , Beatrice Muthoni Kabera , Josphine Wahogo Mburu , Christina Mwachari , Elizabeth Mungai , Stanley Mugambi Ndwiga , Joseph Kariuki Mbuthia , Gunturu Revathi Affiliation(s) Department of Medical Microbiology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya . Department of Medical Microbiology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya . Gertrude Children’s Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya . National Reference TB Laboratory, Nairobi, Kenya . University of Maryland Program, Nairobi, Kenya . Kiambu District Hospital, Kiambu, Kenya . Gertrude Children’s Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya . Gertrude Children’s Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya . Department of Pathology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya . ABSTRACT Background: Diagnosis of pediatric pulmonary tuberc...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51239#.VGAYb2fHRK0 Author(s)   Periyasamy Thangavel 1 , Siva Muthukumar 1 , Baskar Ranjith Karthekeyan 2* , Mahesh Vakamudi 2 ,   Ashokkumar 2 , Hemananand Nayagam 2 , Kamalakkannan Sambandham 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India . 2 Department of Anesthesiology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India . ABSTRACT The increasing scope of interventions in the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) and electrophysiological laboratory (EPL) has resulted in new challenges for the anaesthesia teams where they deal with different patient categories, complications an...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51218#.VFw802fHRK0 Author(s) Craig Sheedy 1 , Meng Xu 2 , Ben Saville 2 , Jill Simmons 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA . 2 Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA . 3 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA . ABSTRACT Background: Pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have increased risk for low bone mineral density, which may be due in part to low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. Vitamin D levels are influenced by sunlight exp...