ABSTRACT
Curling's ulcer bleeding is a well-known life-threatening complication of the severely thermally injured patient. This report describes a successful left gastric artery embolization in a 70 per cent total body area burn patient with severe gastric bleeding. We discuss the various non-surgical invasive modalities for treating such patients, and emphasize the advantages of arterial embolization over surgery.
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Burns/complications , Duodenal Ulcer/therapy , Embolization, Therapeutic , Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage/therapy , Adult , Humans , Male , Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage/etiology , Stomach/blood supplyABSTRACT
To evaluate the effect of positive ionisation of inspired air on bronchial reactivity, 12 asthmatic children were twice challenged by exercise in random order. During one test positively ionised air (5-10 X 10(5) ions/cm) was breathed. All challenges were matched in terms of basal lung function and exercise tests were matched in terms of ventilation and respiratory heat loss. Exercise induced asthma was significantly aggravated by exposure to positively ionised air, the postexercise fall in FEV1 (delta FEV1) being 24.7% (SEM and 5.3%) and 35.3% (5%) after the control and ionised air tests respectively (p less than 0.04). It is concluded that positive ionisation aggravates the bronchial response to exercise.