Separation anxiety and mitral valve prolapse in a 12-year-old girl.
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A clinical study has been carried out on 86 child-bearing mothers, continuous lumbar peridural block being employed, in the light of personal experience, to induce analgesia during labour. The results were positive on the whole as regards duration and the algogenous intensity measured during the dilatation phase and during expulsion.
A brief survey of the difficulties associated with the intra-arterial administration of contrast media during peripheral arteriography is followed by an assessment of anaesthesiological and arteriographic results obtained with lumbar peridural anaesthesia in a group of patients. Complete analgesia, block of the sympathic, and motor block gave particular assistance in the securing of optimum definition of the radiographical picture of the peripheral circulation. These and other advantages offered by peridural anaesthesia suggest that it is a valid technique for peripheral arteriography.
Acid-base data and levels of selected cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) free amino acids were analyzed in a series of 8 patients in acute respiratory failure. In these patients, there were increased CSF concentrations of methionine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, histidine, alpha-amino-N-butyric acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, alanine, and ammonia, while arginine decreased. Phenylalanine, tryosine, and alanine were correlated with CSF PCO2; and alpha-amino-N-butyric acid to the buffer capacity of CO2 and pH. The data suggest the hypothesis that there are two metabolic phases for ammonia removal from brain tissue, that could explain some of these pathhophysiological conditions.
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A brief account of the stress action of anaesthetic drugs is followed by the description of an evaluation of plasma cortisol concentration in an enquiry into the effects of peridural anaesthesia with bupivacaine.