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A Beltrame

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[Double-blind analysis of the possibilities of the use of trazodone in sedation of ambulatory dental patients].

The sedative properties of trazodone were the object of a double blind study in dental out-patients, comparison being made with diazepam. It was observed that oral trazodone possesses considerable tranquillizing activity. It has no side-effects either after intake or during return home. The use of capsules containing 50 mg of trazodone is recommended. At this dose, sympathetic hyperactivity is also inhibited. Diazepam doses of 15 mg lead to mental sedation and inhibition of symptoms due to sympathetic hyperactivity but, unlike trazodone, diazepam possesses hypnotic acitivity and side-effects that make its use dangerous in patients who cannot be taken home by somebody else, or who have to drive a car.

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[Vertebral abnormalities and atresia of the esophagus].

Out of a series of 50 infants suffering from oesophageal atresia, muscular-skeletal anomalies were found in 17 of them (34%), and in 15 of these the vertebral column was abnormal (30%). 5 (10%) were affected by V.A.T.E.R. syndrome. The most frequent vertebral anomaly was characterised by isolated thoracic hypersegmentation, which was found to be regularly associated with Vogt type 3a of oesophageal atresia, with a large distance between the two ends of the oesophagus. This represents an important factor in determining the correct surgical approach, even if in this series the presence of an extra segment did not seem to significantly increase the rate of anastomotic leakage or of mortality. Vertebral anomalies in risk group A, according to Waterston's classification, were quite uncommon.

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