Bloqueio do plano do eretor da espinha com técnica de múltiplos cateteres para esofagectomia aberta: relato de caso

Background and objective

Erector spinae plane block is a valid technique to provide simultaneously analgesia for combined thoracic and abdominal surgery.

Effects of bile acids on ventricular muscle contraction and electrophysiological properties: studies in rat papillary muscle and isolated ventricular myocytes

Summary The effects of sodium salts of various bile acids on the contractile force and the electrophysiological properties of rat ventricular muscle were studied in vitro. Primary, conjugated, and secondary bile acids were studied in a concentration range of 10^–9–10^–6 mol/l, which corresponds to concentrations found in the plasm of patients with cholestatic jaundice. In general, the bile acid induced a negative inotropic effect which was manifested as a reduction in active tension, maximum rate of tension activation, and maximum rate of tension relaxation. Twitch duration and time to peak tension were unaffected by the bile acids. The negative inotropism was associated with a reduction in ventricular action potential duration. Resting potential, action potential amplitude, and maximum upstroke velocity of phase 0 depolarization were unaffected. Voltage clamp experiments in rat ventricular myocytes demonstrated that sodium taurocholate decreased the slow inward current and slightly increased the outward potassium current. Hence, these effects on the membrane currents are probably responsible for the negative inotropic effect. Send offprint requests to O. Binah at the above address     

Summating potential/action potential ratio in perilymph fistula

A prospective study of electrocochleography in patients with clinically suspected perilymph fistula was undertaken to determine its predictive value in that disorder. One hundred forty-four patients suspected of having perilymph fistula had electrocochleography performed--34 of these (39 ears) had exploratory tympanotomy. Of the 19 ears with normal preoperative summating potential/action potential (SP/AP) ratio, ten had perilymph fistula identified at the time of surgery. Of the 20 ears with abnormal SP/AP ratio, 16 had perilymph fistula confirmed at exploration, 18 had resolution of symptoms after oval window and round membrane grafting, and only one ear had postoperative persistence of the abnormal SP/AP ratio. This study suggests that an abnormal SP/AP ratio is not only predictive of endolymphatic hydrops, but also of perilymph fistula (both problems of inner ear fluid imbalance). This study also suggests that, while abnormal SP/AP ratio is fairly specific for inner ear fluid imbalance, it is not sensitive.     

Basilar arterio-venous pseudoparallelism due to persistence of embryonal venous pattern

Summary A vascular malformation, consisting of a venous vessel bridgeing the right inferior petrosal sinus and the anterior spinal veins, was found in the posterior fossa. The vessel presented a ring-like course around the right trigeminal root, and it was parallel and dorsal to the basilar artery. The malformation was associated with cutaneous and hepatic angiomas and peri-osteal lipomas. It had been clinically silent for 52 years, when it thrombosed causing death. The authors think that, within a general mesenchymopatic state, this is a result of the persistence of an embryonal cerebral venous pattern.     

Tracheal intubation under fluoroscopic control X ray-guided orotracheal intubation in three cases of impossible direct laryngoscopy

Three patients are described in whom it was impossible to visualise the larynx at direct laryngoscopy. Tracheal intubation was successfully and rapidly achieved with the aid of continuous fluoroscopy.     

Pleural abrasion via axillary thoracotomy in the era of video assisted thoracic surgery.

BACKGROUND--Recurrent episodes of spontaneous pneumothorax can be managed medically or surgically by various methods, video assisted thoracoscopy being the latest and most attractive. METHODS--A retrospective analysis was made of 43 pleural abrasions performed in 39 patients through a 4-6 cm axillary thoracotomy incision. RESULTS--There were no deaths and complications were few. At a mean follow up of 33 months there were two recurrences, neither of which required drainage. CONCLUSIONS--Compared with results achieved with video assisted thoracoscopic surgery, open pleural abrasion via a small thoracotomy may be the treatment of choice in most hospitals.     

Piperacillin-Tazobactam Pharmacokinetics in Patients With Intraabdominal Infections

Study Objective . To determine the appropriate compartmental and noncompartmental pharmacokinetic parameters for intravenous piperacillin and tazobactam. Design . Sequential selection of patients entered into a randomized, open-label clinical efficacy trial. Setting . Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. Participants . Sequential sample of 18 patients admitted for intraabdominal infections and consented into a comparative antibiotic trial. Interventions . Patients received piperacillin 4 g plus tazobactam 500 mg by intravenous intermittent infusion every 8 hours. Measurements and Main Results . The estimated noncompartmental pharmacokinetic parameters (mean ± SD) for piperacillin and tazobactam, respectively, were as follows: maximum concentration in plasma 218.7 ± 48.9 μg/ml and 27.8 ± 9.1 μg/ml; half-life 1.07 ± 0.22 hours and 1.00 ± 0.27 hours; elimination rate constant 0.67 ± 0.13 hr⁻¹ and 0.73 ± 0.18 hr⁻¹; area under the concentration-time curve from zero hour to infinity 288.5 ± 71.25 mg·hr/L and 36.3 ± 9.55 mg·hr/L; total plasma clearance 14.75 ± 3.93 L/hour and 14.78 ± 4.39 L/hour; renal clearance 5.69 ± 1.94 L/hour and 7.85 ± 3.37 L/hour; volume of distribution at steady state 21.00 ± 4.18 L and 22.47 ± 8.27 L; and mean residence time 1.72 ± 0.29 hours and 1.79 ± 0.35 hours. Conclusion . Our findings were similar to those in other surgical patient models. The two-compartmental model best described piperacillin and tazobactam disposition in our patients. Bayesian analyses of the two-compartment models of piperacillin and tazobactam were able to predict trough, peak, and 2-hour postadministration levels without bias.