Early diagnosis of airway closure from pigtail signature capnogram and its management in intubated small infants undergoing general anaesthesia for surgery

Spontaneous glottis closure during expiration in infants is a normal protective reflex that helps prevent alveolar and small airway collapse (due to compliant chest wall) and thereby maintains functional residual capacity.Endotracheal intubation eliminates this protective mechanism and puts the Swim infant into the risk of hypoxaemia and hypercarbi

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Combating Acanthamoeba spp. cysts: what are the options?

Abstract Acanthamoeba spp.are protist pathogens and causative agents of serious infections including keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis.Its ability to convert into dormant and highly resistant cysts form limits effectiveness of available therapeutic agents and presents Targets a pivotal challenge for drug development.During the cyst s

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