Background: Neuraxial blockade is used as primary anesthetic technique in one third of surgical procedures. The authors tested whether bisoprolol would protect patients at risk for cardiovascular complications undergoing surgery with spinal block.
Methods: The authors performed a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial to compare the effect of bisoprolol with that of placebo on 1-yr composite outcome including cardiovascular mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, unstable angina, congestive heart failure, and cerebrovascular insult. Bisoprolol was given orally before and after surgery for a maximum of 10 days. Adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and safety outcome measures of bisoprolol therapy were also determined.
Results: A total of 224 patients were enrolled. Spinal block could not be established in 5 patients. One hundred ten patients were assigned to the bisoprolol group, and 109 patients were assigned to the placebo group. The mean duration of treatment was 4.9 days in the bisoprolol group and 5.1 days in the placebo group. Bisoprolol therapy reduced mean heart rate by 10 beats/min. The primary outcome was identical between treatment groups and occurred in 25 patients (22.7%) in the bisoprolol group and 24 patients (22.0%) in the placebo group during the 1-yr follow-up (hazard ratio, 0.97; 95% confidence interval, 0.55-1.69; P = 0.90). However, carriers of at least one Gly allele of the [beta]1-adrenergic receptor polymorphism Arg389Gly showed a higher number of adverse events than Arg homozygous (32.4% vs. 18.7%; hazard ratio, 1.87; 95% confidence interval, 1.04-3.35; P = 0.04). 相似文献
To evaluate the reliability of Doppler ultrasonography (US) in identifying children with renal artery stenosis (RAS) among
those with hypertension, we compared Doppler US results in 22 hypertensive children (mean age 8.9±4.3 years), with (13 cases)
and without RAS at angiography, and in 33 normotensive children (mean age 8.8±4.7 years). We observed 2 false-negatives and
2 false-positives with Doppler US. Of the 2 false-negative diagnoses, 1 had RAS on an accessory renal artery located behind
a normal upper polar artery and the other was observed in a patient with bilateral multiple stenosis of the very distal segments
of renal arteries. The 2 false-positive diagnoses were due to sinuous left renal artery and to technical reasons, respectively.
In another patient, Doppler US showed a tight RAS, while arteriography was normal. RAS was subsequently confirmed by a second
arteriography. Peak systolic velocity values of Doppler US were significantly higher in patients with proven angiographic
RAS (3.44±0.66 m/s) than in hypertensive patients with normal renal arteries at angiography (0.99±0.35 m/s, P <0.0001) and normotensive healthy children (1.04±0.23 m/s, P <0.0001). With the use of multiple views, and the experience acquired with practice, false-negatives or false-positives due
to the geometry of the renal artery can be avoided. Nevertheless, very distal stenosis can be missed by Doppler US.
Received October 30, 1995; received in revised form April 16, 1996; accepted May 14, 1996 相似文献
Food behaviours, attitudes, environments and knowledge are relevant to professionals in childhood obesity prevention, as are
dietary patterns which promote positive energy balance. There is a lack of valid and reliable tools to measure these parameters.
The aim of this study was to determine the reliability and relative validity of a child nutrition questionnaire assessing
all of these parameters, used in the evaluation of a community-based childhood obesity prevention project. 相似文献
We hypothesized that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease developing contractile fatigue of the quadriceps during cycle exercise may have characteristic metabolic and muscle features that could increase their susceptibility to fatigue, thus differentiating them from those who do not develop fatigue. We examined, in 32 patients, the fiber-type proportion, enzymatic activities, and capillary density in the vastus lateralis and the arterial blood lactate level during constant work-rate cycling exercise. Contractile fatigue was defined as a postexercise fall in quadriceps twitch force greater than 15% of resting values. Twenty-two patients developed contractile fatigue after exercise. No significant differences were found between fatiguers and non-fatiguers for the endurance time, fiber-type proportion, and oxidative enzyme activities. The lactate dehydrogenase activity was significantly higher (p < 0.05) and muscle capillarization significantly reduced in fatiguers (p < 0.05). Compared with non-fatiguers, the arterial lactate level during exercise was significantly higher in fatiguers (p < 0.001). A significant relationship was found between the fall in quadriceps twitch force and lactate dehydrogenase activity, capillary/fiber ratio, and blood lactate level. We conclude that changes in muscle enzymatic profile and capillarization with a greater reliance on glycolytic metabolism during exercise are associated with contractile fatigue in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 相似文献