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M Cid

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PubMed1992

Polyarteritis nodosa confined to calf muscles.

Two patients who developed pain and tenderness in their calf muscles, without other organ system involvement, are described. A gastrocnemius biopsy disclosed necrotizing muscular arteritis. Five other reported cases are reviewed and we conclude that there is a limited form of polyarteritis nodosa localized to calf muscles, with a differentiated and more benign clinical course, a differential diagnosis restricted to local pathological processes and prompt response to treatment with corticosteroids alone.

Adrenal Cortex Hormones↗
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[Design of an expert system for decision-making in an emergency situation].

OBJECTIVES: To study the clinical applicability of the expert system URGSANT as a help in making up decisions in emergencies. MATERIAL AND METHODS: URGSANT is an expert system implemented in INSIGT 2+ which is structured in a modular and hierarchical form. It contemplates 44 urgent situations relating to the central nervous system, hematopoietic, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, endocrinological, and miscellaneous group. Validation of the program was made by four anesthesiologists who evaluated the performance of the program in 25 emergency cases and in 25 other situations that were treated by other specialists. RESULTS: The rationale of the system was basically correct. In most cases the program was considered efficient or very efficient during the different clinical situations and only in one case its guidance was wrong. CONCLUSIONS: The URGSANT expert system is an efficient and useful method for the clinician during emergency situations.

Anesthesiology↗
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[Tracheal rupture during a transhiatal esophagectomy without thoracotomy. Intra- and postoperative treatment].

We report the case of a male patient with a carcinoma of the upper third of the esophagus who presented a tracheal rupture during a transhiatal esophagectomy. The clinical picture was characterized by a severe alteration of the ventilatory function that required selective intubation and, later on, a right thoracotomy for repairing the tracheal lesion. After surgery the patient was treated at the Recovery Unit. He received high-frequency mechanic ventilation (jet ventilation type) during nine days in a attempt to decrease the risk for dehiscence of the tracheal suture and to ensure an adequate oxygenation and hemodynamic control. The clinical course was favourable.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell↗
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[Doctoral theses and memoirs about anesthesia. Documents for a history of Spanish anesthesia].

Based on the importance of document files and first-hand bibliographic sources for studying the history, we have recently investigated the chapter of Doctoral Thesis and Reports on anesthetic topics since we believe that these are fundamental to gain insight into the knowledge of our history. This investigation was planned to find such documents by reviewing the data of several Spanish archives and libraries. We collected 80 works: 14 Reports and 66 Doctoral Theses performed during a period of 95 years (heuristic limits 1847-1942). These papers were classified in several subgroups according to the subjects they deal with: 21 works on inhalation anesthesia, 7 on intravenous general anesthesia, 20 on spinal anesthesia, 10 on locoregional, 7 on anesthesia and metabolism, 12 on obstetric anesthesia, and 3 works on varied anesthesia issues. Analysis of these documents revealed that the authors (physicians and Spanish medical corporations) undertook an accurate consideration of the more relevant scientific subjects at the time of their investigation. We conclude that the works analyzed in the present study represented the beginning of the Spanish investigation on anesthesia. Further investigations may contribute to enrich our historiography.

Academic Dissertations as Topic↗
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[The first operations performed with chloroform in Spain. More facts and new contributions].

Although the issue of clinical introduction of chloroform in Spain was rather controversial, we can assure now with no doubt that first news of its discovery reached our country by the end of November and beginning of December of 1847. The cities first receiving those first news were Cádiz, Madrid, Barcelona, and Santiago de Compostela; in the latter two cities, during the first days of December, the new anesthetic agent was already available and the first experiments on dogs were conducted in 19th Sunday and first clinical assays in Barcelona and in Santiago de Compostela, the first experiments in Spain, were carried out in December 20th. Spanish scientific and daily press, particularly, press of Barcelona and Madrid promptly reflected the events and informed their readers about the discovery of chloroform as anesthetic. Our research deals with some of these aspects and we believe that will contribute to clarify not fully studied points to date.

Anesthesia, General↗
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[Use of the direct capping technic in lymphocytes for the detection of women carrying the Duchenne type muscular dystrophy].

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive X-linked recessive condition. The detection of female carriers is important for genetic counseling but no precise method is available in our country. Based on the demonstration by other authors of an impaired lymphocyte "capping" in DMD patients and carriers, we evaluated the usefulness of this method in the detection of DMD carriers. Nineteen control subjects, 9 obligate carriers, 6 DMD patients, and 10 probable carriers, were studied. The analysis of variability intra and interobserver of the results of "capping" showed variation coefficients of 17% and 19%, respectively. The comparison of groups (F test) showed no difference between controls, obligate carriers and DMD patients. When a diagnostic value of 30 was chosen, we obtained 78% specificity and 40% sensitivity. It was concluded that, under the conditions of this study, we were unable to demonstrate a diminished lymphocyte "capping" in DMD patients and carriers as compared with normal subjects.

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