abstract background: spinal anesthesia for cesarean section is associated with a high incidence of hypotension. the synergism between intrathecal opioids and local anesthetics may make it possible to achieve reliable spinal anesthesia with minimal hypotension using a minidose of local anesthetic. methods: forty-four preeclamptic parturients undergoing cesarean section were randomized in two gro...

The influence of acute coronary occlusion on systolic and diastolic left ventricular pressurevolume relations was studied in 10 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Pressure-volume relations were obtained by conductance catheter and micromanometer techniques and with volume load altered by transient inferior vena caval occlusion. End-systolic and end-diasto...

Echocardiograms of 143 patients with isolated systolic hypertension were compared to 808 patients with combined (systolic and diastolic) hypertension. All patients met electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy and were evaluated off medication. Patients with isolated systolic hypertension were older, shorter, weighed less, and were mostly women, but body mass index (BMI) wa...

Statement of the Problem: Anxiety is one of the most common factors hindering people from visiting dentists. Therefore, finding a solution for stress control has been a significant issue in recent studies. It seems that music positively affects inhibition of psychological stress. Other studies have shown that aroma may adjust perception, patience and moods. Purpose: This study investigated the ...

The aim of this study was to determine the magnitude and significance of the associations among coronary artery calcium (CAC) and systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure, and mean arterial pressure. Women 50 to 59 years of age at baseline in the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial of conjugated equine estrogen underwent computed tomography scanning of the chest af...

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of octreotide, a somatostatin analog drug potentially able to inhibit growth hormone (GH), on the circadian blood pressure profile in a group of patients with acromegaly. Ten patients with GH-secreting pituitary adenoma were studied before and 6 months after treatment with subcutaneous octreotide 0.2 to 0.6 mg/day. Twenty-four hour blood pressu...

a 40-year-old male patient with suicidal ingestion of one tablet of aluminium phosphide was referred to the department of toxicology emergency of baharloo hospital, tehran, iran. the garlic odor was smelled from the patient and abdominal pain and continuous vomiting as well as agitation and heartburn were the first signs and symptoms. systolic and diastolic blood pressures at the arrival time w...

The Pattern of Nondipping and Urinary Albumin Excretion To the Editor: We read the article published recently by Oliveras et al1 with interest. The authors showed that, in resistant hypertensive patients, there were significant associations of microalbuminuria with older age, reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate, increased nighttime systolic blood pressure, and elevated daytime, nightti...