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Publication A Pilot Study of Enhance Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) for Liver Resection(Int Islamic Univ Malaysia, Kulliyyah Medicine, 2017) ;Jarmin, R ;Mohamad, IS ;Ahmad, AW ;Othman, H ;Zuhdi, ZAriffin, ACBackground: Morbidity post hepatectomy still remain persistent throughout decades compared to other surgery. Modern approach have been introduced to improve safety and reduce morbidity whilst at the same time enhance patient recovery. Thus, enhanced recovery after surgery or fast track recovery program for liver resection was initiated. Objective: The aim of this study was to achieve discharge by postoperative day 3 for minor resection and day 5 for major resection. Design and Setting: This is a prospective study conducted in Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) from September 2014 till April 2015. Material and Methods: All patients undergoing open liver resection were included in the study. They were then managed post operatively according to ERAS protocol that was drawn up based on previous studies. Patient's demographics data, intra operative parameters, postoperative complications and adherence to postoperative recovery protocol were recorded. Results: Seventeen patients (7 major and 10 minor resection) were recruited. The mean length of hospital stay for minor resection was 5.9 and major resection was 9.6. With regards to the targets, 4 out of 10 (40%) patients in minor resection group and 4 out 7 (57.1%) in the major group were discharged on time. 9 patients had postoperative complications with no mortality recorded. In terms of the ERAS protocol targets, the PCA morphine discontinuation target was achieved in 15 patients (88.3%), nasogastric tube removal (13 patients -76.5%), urinary cathether removal (6 patients 35.3%), abdominal drains removal (9 patients-52.9%) and resumption of full diet was achieved by 82.4% (14 patients). Conclusion: From these overall achievement, most of our targets have been met and this shows that our ERAS protocol is safe to be applied to patient undergoing hepatectomy. Limitations: Some patients had achieved their target but not discharged for unknown reason. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication The toxicity of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors to larvae of the disease vectors Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae(Nature Publishing Group, 2017) ;Abu Hasan, ZI ;Williams, H ;Ismail, NM ;Othman, H ;Cozier, GE ;Acharya, KRIsaac, REThe control of mosquitoes is threatened by the appearance of insecticide resistance and therefore new control chemicals are urgently required. Here we show that inhibitors of mosquito peptidyl dipeptidase, a peptidase related to mammalian angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), are insecticidal to larvae of the mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae. ACE inhibitors (captopril, fosinopril and fosinoprilat) and two peptides (trypsin-modulating oostatic factor/TMOF and a bradykinin-potentiating peptide, BPP-12b) were all inhibitors of the larval ACE activity of both mosquitoes. Two inhibitors, captopril and fosinopril (a pro-drug ester of fosinoprilat), were tested for larvicidal activity. Within 24 h captopril had killed > 90% of the early instars of both species with 3(rd) instars showing greater resistance. Mortality was also high within 24 h of exposure of 1(st), 2(nd) and 3(rd) instars of An. gambiae to fosinopril. Fosinopril was also toxic to Ae. aegypti larvae, although the 1st instars appeared to be less susceptible to this pro-drug even after 72 h exposure. Homology models of the larval An. gambiae ACE proteins (AnoACE2 and AnoACE3) reveal structural differences compared to human ACE, suggesting that structure-based drug design offers a fruitful approach to the development of selective inhibitors of mosquito ACE enzymes as novel larvicides.