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    Point-of-care ultrasound defines gastric content in elective surgical patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study

    Delayed gastric emptying and the resultant “full stomach” is the most important risk factor for perioperative pulmonary aspiration. Using point-of-care gastric sonography, we aimed to investigate the prevalenc...

    Li Zhou, Yi Yang, Lei Yang, Wei Cao, Heng **g, Yan Xu in BMC Anesthesiology (2019)

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    Preoperative education with image illustrations enhances the effect of tetracaine mucilage in alleviating postoperative catheter-related bladder discomfort: a prospective, randomized, controlled study

    Catheter-related bladder discomfort (CRBD), secondary to catheterization of urinary bladder is distressing. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of preoperative education on CRBD with image illustr...

    Li Zhou, Le Zhou, Leilei Tian, Daojun Zhu, Ziwen Chen, Chang Zheng in BMC Anesthesiology (2018)

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    Different responses of weather factors on hand, foot and mouth disease in three different climate areas of Gansu, China

    To determine the linear and non-linear interacting relationships between weather factors and hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) in children in Gansu, China, and gain further traction as an early warning signa...

    Faxiang Gou, **nfeng Liu, Jian He, Dongpeng Liu, Yao Cheng in BMC Infectious Diseases (2018)