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M A López López

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PubMed2004

[Postpartum seizures in 2 epileptic patients].

We report the cases of 2 women with epilepsy who suffered generalized postpartum seizures on the first day after giving birth. The first had a history of febrile convulsions in childhood and had a seizure in the 36th week of gestation due to sleep deprivation. She had received epidural analgesia for labor pain. The second patient had had her most recent crisis at the beginning of the third trimester of pregnancy. Both patients had low serum levels of antiepileptic drugs. The pharmacokinetics of antiepileptic drugs can change during pregnancy, making seizures more difficult to control. Serum levels of these drugs should therefore be monitored more often, given that a generalized maternal seizure can have devastating consequences for the fetus. More careful planning and management of pregnancy is necessary for epileptic patients to ensure successful outcomes for both mother and fetus.

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PubMed1999

[Cognitive deficit, its prevalence and associated factors in the population over 74].

OBJECTIVE: To know the proportion of people older than 74, who are not institutionalized and not immobilized with cognitive alteration and to analyze if there is any association with social demographic characteristics and health factors. DESIGN: Cross-sectional descriptive study, made by interview. LOCATION: In an urban environment: Getafe, Parla, Pinto and rural environment: Griñón. PARTICIPANTS: The study population included all the people older than 74, that was registered in data base of individual health card, INSALUD. The sample, consisted by 704 elderly, who compliment including criterion, accuracy +/- 3.4%, p < 0.05 It's evaluated 615 persons. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: It's made by questionnaire that included social demographic variables, information about the necessity of help for basic activities in daily life (ADLs), perceived health status, illness, sensorial alterations, falls, stay in hospital, social support, rotation, architectonics obstacles. For evaluating the likely cognitive deterioration, it was used the Short Potable Mental Questionnaire (SPSMQ) with 2 cutting points: 2-4 errors and > 4 errors. The proportion of elderly people with cognitive deterioration (SPSMQ > 2) was 19% (95% CI, 16.2-22.4). This proportion grew with age, the same as men as in women (p < 0.0001), 11% (95% CI, 8-15) in < 80 years, 29% (95% CI, 23.8-34.8) in > 79 years. It's proved a significant statistically association between cognitive deficit (SPSMQ > 4), in age > 84 years OR = 4.1 (95% CI, 1.7-9.7), dependence degree for ADLs OR = 4.4 (95% CI, 2.2-8.8), and low cultural level, OR = 6.2 (95% CI, 2-18). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of cognitive deficit in elderly population who lives in community environment, it's associated with the degree of functional damage, advanced age and the absence of studies, without any difference between urban and rural environment.

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[Cesarean section in an orthotopic liver transplantation patient].

We describe the case of a woman with a functioning orthotopic liver transplant who was receiving cyclosporine treatment. An emergency cesarean section was performed, with epidural analgesia, for prolonged pregnancy and an unfavorable cervix. No complications were recorded either during or after surgery. She gave birth to a healthy boy and both were discharged on the fifth day after delivery. Organ transplantation is an increasingly common procedure, and Spain, which has a large number of organ donors, is the country where the largest number of transplants in Europe is performed. Immunosuppressive therapy has advanced greatly, allowing patients to survive longer and enjoy good quality of life. Many transplanted women in their childbearing years consider pregnancy, which can lead to medical problems, a worsened clinical picture or complications related to pregnancy, putting the lives of both mother and fetus at risk. Perioperative management by an anesthesiologist is necessary, whether delivery is vaginal or cesarean. Whenever immunosuppressive therapy is involved, the use of general or regional anesthetics carries risk, as do pregnancy and delivery themselves.

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