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M Haller

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PubMed1991

[Rupture of the trachea during difficult intubation].

Serious injuries of the larynx or trachea during tracheal intubation are rare but potentially life-threatening complications. This case report describes the diagnostic procedures and therapeutic management of an intubation-induced tracheal rupture in a young female patient with a musculoskeletal disorder (rigid spine syndrome). Interdisciplinary treatment requires precise documentation of the extent of the injuries, including advanced imaging techniques. Removal of the endotracheal tube prior to accurate diagnosis can result in immediate airway obstruction. Because of the risk of infection, as a rule surgical treatment is indicated.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

[A life-threatening arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia) triggered by a Swan-Ganz catheter in a patient with the WPW syndrome].

The induction of dysrhythmias during or after pulmonary artery catheterization is a serious complication in critically ill patients. The following case presentation reports the incidence of life-threatening ventricular tachycardia after catheterisation in a patient known to have Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW)-Syndrome. The dysrhythmia began during repositioning of the patient 10 h after placement of the catheter. Attempted inversion by administration of Ajmalin was unsuccessful. Removal of the catheter resulted in prompt cessation of the dysrhythmia.

Adult↗
PubMed1983

[Possible evidence for a reduction of early and late mortality during nitroglycerin therapy in acute myocardial infarction].

60 patients with acute myocardial infarction were randomized in two groups to examine the influence of intravenous nitroglycerin on early and late prognosis. 31 patients received intravenous nitroglycerin in the first 2-3 days. One cardiac death following an emergency bypass operation occurred in the early phase during the first 14 days (3%). 5 of the 29 patients in the control group died during the same period (17%), however, cardiac cause was not entirely clear in one case.--In the late phase on the average 1 1/2 years later 3 deaths were registered in 27 treated patients (11%) compared to 7 of 23 patients in the control group (30%). For this difference in mortality reduced infarct size as well as possibly the higher dose of nitrates (38 versus 21 mg/die) were responsible. Sudden deaths and the incidence of reinfarction with and without death during the early and late observation period were significantly lower in the nitroglycerin group (11% - 3 patients) compared to the control group (39% - 11 patients, p less than 0.01).--This pilot result seems to indicate a beneficial influence of nitroglycerin therapy in the acute phase for prognosis for the short term and long term follow up. The result should simulate trials in larger patient groups.

Aged↗
PubMed1980

Balancing as a clinical test in the differential diagnosis of sensory-motor disorders.

During balancing on a seesaw normal individuals have a mean sway oscillation of 4.3 Hz, which is significantly lower (3.3 Hz) in patients with peroneal muscular atrophy. It is assumed that the oscillations in both cases are generated by spinal stretch reflexes and that the lower frequency in patients with peroneal muscular atrophy is due to their slower nerve conduction velocity. The balancing movements are altered when spinal stretch reflex activity is reduced by ischaemia but are normal in patients with a dorsal column lesion despite a similar sensory loss. The analysis of balancing movements can be a diagnostic tool in differentiating several sensory-motor disturbances.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

Mummies from Peru. Demonstration of antigenic determinants of collagen in the skin.

This paper describes immunofluorescence studies on the possible preservation of antigenic determinants of different types of collagen in sections of the skin of human mummies from Peru. The age of the mummies was dated from the 4th to the 14th century AD. Using specific antibodies, it was possible to demonstrate type I and type III collagen. The antigenic determinants specific for procollagen type I, procollagen type III and the type IV collagen component of basement membranes were not preserved.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1976

Friedrich-Christian Rosenthal-biographical note.

A short biographical note about Friedrich-Christian Rosenthal, a German anatomist, disciple of Reil, born in Greifswald on the 3rd of June 1780, died prematurely in the same town on the 5th of December 1829, leaving unfinished an important work on the anatomy of the brain and cranial nerves. His name is still associated with the spiral canal of the inner ear and to the basal cerebral vein.

Anatomy↗