氯胺酮麻醉前不同时间肌内注射阿托品对小儿呼吸道的影响

目的探讨氯胺酮麻醉前不同时间肌内注射阿托品对小儿呼吸道的影响。方法将2012年1月至2013年6月在廊坊市第四人民医院住院的100例患儿按随机数字表法分为两组:A组(50例)于氯胺酮麻醉前30~60 min肌内注射阿托品(0.02 mg/kg),B组(50例)阿托品(0.02 mg/kg)与氯胺酮同时间肌内注射。两组患儿均于氯胺酮肌内注射2~4 min后入室准备手术,术中观察记录两组患儿呼吸道和肺部的听诊变化及脉搏血氧饱和度(Sp O2)变化。结果 A组Ⅰ级(即呼吸道未受影响)44例,Ⅱ级以上(即呼吸道受到不同程度影响)6例,阳性率为12%(6/50);B组Ⅰ级33例,Ⅱ级以上17例,阳性率为34%(17∕50)。两组患儿呼吸道受影响程度的比较,差异有统计学意义(P<0.01)。结论小儿氯胺酮麻醉前30 min肌内注射阿托品,能有效降低氯胺酮对患儿呼吸道的影响,提高术中患儿的安全系数。     

关于提高口腔解剖生理学教学质量的思考

口腔解剖生理学是口腔医学专业的一门专业基础课程,在口腔医学专业中具有重要的地位。该文就如何提高口腔解剖生理学的教学质量进行集中讨论,通过理论课程提高学生的学习兴趣,实践课程培养学生的实际动手操作能力,并增强学生解决口腔解剖生理学课程中所遇到的各项实际问题的能力,希望可以增强学生的专业素养。     

Milestones in myoclonus

This review examines some of the advances in understanding myoclonus over the last 25 years. The classification of myoclonus into cortical, brainstem, and spinal forms has been consolidated, each with distinctive clinical characteristics and physiological mechanisms. New genetic causes of myoclonus have been identified, and the molecular basis of several of these conditions has been discovered. It is increasingly apparent that disease of the cerebellum is particularly important in the genesis of cortical reflex myoclonus. However, the precise mechanism and origin of myoclonus in many situations remain uncertain. Effective treatment of myoclonus remains limited, and the challenge lies ahead to develop more therapeutic options. © 2011 Movement Disorder Society     

Cumulative effects of early poverty on cortisol in young children: Moderation by autonomic nervous system activity

The relation of the cumulative experience of poverty in infancy and early childhood to child cortisol at age 48 months was examined in a prospective longitudinal sample of children and families (N = 1292) in predominantly low-income and rural communities in two distinct regions of the United States. Families were seen in the home for data collection and cumulative experience of poverty was indexed by parent reported income-to-need ratio and household chaos measures collected between child ages 2 months and 48 months. For the analysis presented here, three saliva samples were also collected over an approximate 90 min interval at child age 48 months and were assayed for cortisol. ECG data were also collected during a resting period and during the administration of a mildly challenging battery of cognitive tasks. Mixed model analysis indicated that child cortisol at 48 months decreased significantly over the sampling time period and that cumulative time in poverty (number of years income-to-need less than or equal to 1) and cumulative household chaos were significantly related to a flatter trajectory for cortisol change and to an overall higher level of cortisol, respectively. Findings also indicated that respiratory sinus arrhythmia derived from the ECG data moderated the association between household chaos and child cortisol and that increase in respiratory sinus arrhythmia during the cognitive task was associated with an overall lower level of cortisol at 48 months.     

Pressão arterial periférica por Dinamap e pressão arterial central por tonometria planar de absorção no ambulatório de Medicina Geral e Familiar

IntroductionCentral blood pressure (CBP) is the pressure exerted by the blood column at any given moment on the aortic and carotid artery walls, which is a close proxy for the blood pressure inside the brain and the heart, and is thus a better marker of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than peripheral blood pressure (PBP).ObjectiveTo assess how the augmentation index (AI), peripheral pulse pressure (pPP), central pulse pressure (cPP) and subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR) vary in hypertensive patients according to level of control of CBP and PBP.MethodsWe performed an observational, cross-sectional study in a convenience sample from a general practice in Central Portugal over a period of four days in May 2010. Measurements were taken after a four-minute resting period. The following values were considered to reflect controlled pressures: PBP <140/90 mmHg, CBP <130/80 mmHg, pPP <55 mmHg and cPP <45 mmHg.ResultsThe sample included 92 patients, 38 male (41.3%), mean age 62.3±11.1 years, with no significant difference in gender distribution. PBP was controlled in 55 (59.8%), and CBP in 53 (57.6%). Both PBP and CBP were controlled in 50 patients (54.3%) and neither was controlled in 34 (37.9%). pPP and cPP were significantly lower in those with controlled PBP (p<0.001) and CBP (p<0.001). AI was non-significantly lower in those with controlled PBP (78±9 vs. 80.7) and those with controlled CBP (78±9 vs.81±7) (p=0.02). SEVR was within the desirable range in 92 patients (92.2%). 78.4% of individuals were taking drugs acting on the renin angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS).ConclusionsIn a convenience sample of 92 patients, PBP and CBP were controlled in 59.8% and 57.6%, respectively. Those with controlled PBP had significantly better peripheral systolic and diastolic blood pressure, CBP, pPP and cPP; the same was true of those with controlled CBP, who also had a significantly better AI. The percentage of the cardiac cycle in diastole had a desirable value for 92,2% of the subjects.