Positioning an ECG electrode to the dorsal side can record higher amplitude of CMAPs during cryoballoon ablation.

Purpose: Phrenic nerve injury (PNI) is one of the important complications during cryoballoon (CB) ablation. Recording diaphragmatic compound motor action potentials (CMAPs) during CB ablation can predict PNI. CMAP monitoring may be inaccurate when CMAP amplitudes are low.

[Comparative study of an antiemetic NK1 receptor-antagonist in lung cancer patients treated with divided doses for Cisplatin].

Aprepitant is a NK1 receptor-antagonist with a novel mechanism of action for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV), and is recommended as a prophylactic by many international and domestic guidelines. However, domestic clinical trials of aprepitant have only been conducted using a single dose in patients who were treated with cisplatin(CDDP), and there is no evidence to support administration of aprepitant in divided doses. We administered aprepitant in divided doses to patients who were also being treated with cisplatin, ifosfamide, and irinotecan(CIC), and had CINV due to prophylactic administration of a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist and dexamethasone.