Publications by authors named "Simon D Eiref"
Gallstone ileus causing perforation of multiple segments of small bowel.
J Surg Case Rep
October 2024
Article Synopsis
- * A case study is reported involving a 67-year-old woman who experienced perforation in multiple segments of her small bowel due to gallstone ileus, which is an uncommon occurrence.
- * The patient underwent surgery to remove the gallstone and resections of the affected bowel sections, and although she was initially left with an open abdomen, she recovered well after subsequent surgery and was eventually discharged.
An inguinal hernia 'hard to stomach'.
J Surg Case Rep
July 2023
Inguinal hernias containing the stomach are extremely rare, and have never been described in females. We are reporting the case of a 79 year old female who presented in septic shock with a left inguinal hernia containing the stomach, resulting in gastric perforation and loss of abdominal domain. She underwent emergency exploratory laparotomy with manual reduction of the hernia, wedge resection of the perforated gastric segment, abdominal washout, and closure of the abdominal fascia using biological mesh.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe use of finger-stick blood to assess lactate in critically ill surgical patients.
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
September 2016
Background: Using finger-stick capillary blood to assess lactate from the microcirculation may have utility in treating critically ill patients. Our goals were to determine how finger-stick capillary lactate correlates with arterial lactate levels in patients from the surgical intensive care unit, and to compare how capillary and arterial lactate trend over time in patients undergoing resuscitation for shock.
Methods: Capillary whole blood specimens were obtained from finger-sticks using a lancet, and assessed for lactate via a handheld point-of-care device as part of an "investigational use only" study.
Hand sanitizer dispensers and associated hospital-acquired infections: friend or fomite?
Surg Infect (Larchmt)
June 2012
Background: Waterless alcohol-based hand sanitizers are an increasingly popular method of hand hygiene and help prevent hospital-acquired infection (HAI). Whether hand sanitizer dispensers (HSDs) may themselves harbor pathogens or act as fomites has not been reported.
Methods: All HSDs in the surgical intensive care unit of an urban teaching hospital were cultured at three sites: The dispenser lever, the rear underside, and the area surrounding the dispensing nozzle.