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Patients with heart, lung, and blood disorders severe enough to require an intensive care unit (ICU) stay frequently experience profound physical, mental, and cognitive health impairments that may persist for months to years after hospital discharge. These long-term impairments are commonly acquired
1. Rationale:
1.1. Sleep and the circadian rhythm: Sleep is usually considered to be a time of rest and recovery from the stress of daily life. It also plays a crucial role in the normal immune and endocrine systems. Studies showed that there is a link between sleep duration and a large variety of
Insomnia is defined as difficulty with falling asleep, staying asleep, or early morning awakening. Chronic insomnia is estimated to affect 9-15% of the world's population. Lack of sleep increases a person's risk for many chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, anxiety and
Bariatric surgical procedures, including gastric bypass, vertical sleeve gastrectomy, and biliopancreatic diversion, are the most effective and durable treatments for obesity. Bariatric surgery provides long-term benefit for patients with diabetes, fatty liver disease, and other metabolic disorders,
Upon patient arrival to endoscopy suite heart rate (HR), pre-procedure baseline blood pressure (BP), and pre-procedure oxygen saturation (SPO2) via pulse oximeter are recorded in endoscopy holding area, patient alertness and orientation assessed (respond to name, know the state, know the hospital,
This randomized Clinical trial was approved by the ethics committee of South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt. Sixty patients aged 18 - 60 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class I-II, with body weight of 50 - 90 kg and arranged for modified radical
It is being increasingly understood that OSA represents an inflammatory state, with multiple studies showing increased levels of circulating cytokines, possibly providing the link between OSA and cardiovascular/pulmonary morbidity. In support of this, use of CPAP therapy is associated with a
Malleolar fractures
Surgical treatment of patients with malleolar fractures imposes a special challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. A typical ankle fracture results in haematoma, sometimes blistering and almost always oedema formation. This postpones the optimal time for surgery. When operating on a
Trial Objectives:
This will be a randomized, prospective, single-center, assessor blinded pilot study comparing two different anesthesia techniques in 100 elderly obese patients undergoing primary total knee arthroplasty.
Endpoints:
- The incidence of postoperative delirium as measured by the