UNLABELLED The precise mechanism of tourniquet-induced arterial blood pressure increase is unknown. We determined the effect of preoperative oral dextromethorphan (DM) on arterial blood pressure and heart rate changes during tourniquet inflation in knee cruciate ligament reconstruction patients under general anesthesia. Patients in the DM group (n = 38) received oral DM 30 mg, and patients in t...

Arterial hypertension continues to represent the leading cause of morbidity and mortality world-wide. Diagnosis and therapy of arterial hypertension require adequate blood pressure measurements. Blood pressure is affected by constitutional and environmental factors as well as the measurement procedure itself, inducing substantial uncertainty with regard to adequate diagnosis and control of arte...

Mailing Address: Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto • Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44 05403-000 – São Paulo, SP Brazil E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Received on 06/30/05 • Accepted on 07/01/05 The conformation of blood pressure curve varies extremely from larger to smaller arteries due to different predominant structure and functional properties of the arterial wall along the art...

The clinical significance of measuring central arterial blood pressure has been recently discussed. Although the postprandial reduction in blood pressure is well known, postprandial changes in central blood pressure have not been intensively studied. The present study investigated differences in the reduction of central and peripheral arterial blood pressure after administration of an oral gluc...

During aging, systolic blood pressure continuously increases over time, whereas diastolic pressure first increases and then slightly decreases after middle age. These pressure changes are usually explained by changes of the arterial system alone (increase in arterial stiffness and vascular resistance). However, we hypothesise that the heart contributes to the age-related blood pressure progress...

A periodic increase in blood pressure (BP) occurs during apneic episodes in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Several factors including hypoxemia and an increase in heart rate (HR) were reported to be responsible for this increased BP. To examine the contribution of these two factors in increasing BP, 35 healthy male subjects (mean age±SD= 23.64±3.80) were studied in three experi...

Considering the growing trend of laryngeal surgeries and the need to protect the airway during and after surgery, among several therapeutic regimens to induce sedation, two regimens of propofol-fentanyl and propofol-midazolam were compared in microlaryngeal surgeries. Forty ASA I-II class patients undergoing microlaryngeal surgeries and referring routinely for postoperative visits were randomly...