Background: Unintentional intraneural injection under ultrasound guidance (USG) with fine caliber needles and lower success rate with large caliber Tuohy needles in supraclavicular brachial Kratom Powder plexus block (SCB) have been reported.Materials and Methods: We undertook study to standardize the use of 20-gauge short versus blunt bevel needle
Accuracy, Hemorrhagic Complications and CT Radiation Dose of Emergency External Ventricular Drain (EVD) Placement in Pediatric Patients: A 15-Year Retrospective Analysis
Purpose: To assess accuracy, the frequency of hemorrhagic complications and computed tomography (CT) radiation dose parameters in pediatric patients undergoing landmark-guided external ventricular drain (EVD) placement in an emergency setting.Methods: Retrospective analysis comprised 36 EVD placements with subsequent CT control scans in 29 patients
Portuguese commercial fisheries of swordfish, Xiphias gladius
Swordfish has an important role in Portuguese fisheries.Portuguese commercial swordfish landings were analyzed from 1986 to 2012.Commercial landings of five incidental catches of pelagic sharks (Alopias superciliosus, Alopias vulpinus, Sweatshirt Isurus oxyrinchus, Prionace glauca and Sphryna zygaena) were also evaluated for the same period.A total
A reliance on human habitats is key to the success of an introduced predatory reptile.
Understanding the success of animals in novel environments is increasingly important as human-mediated introductions continue to move species far beyond their natural ranges.Alongside these introductions, inhabited and agricultural areas are spreading, and correspondingly most animal introductions occur in populated areas.Commensal Crop Jumper spec