Introduction Favourable pain relief results on evoking autonomous twitches at myofascial trigger points with Electrical Twitch Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (ETOIMS). Aim To document autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) from blood pressure (BP) and pulse/heart rate changes with ETOIMS. Methods and materials A patient with persistent pain ...

conclusions: the effects of propofol on hemodynamics and arterial oxygen pressure during one- or two-lung ventilation were not different from those of isoflurane. results: sixty patients (mean age = 4124.18 ± 18.63 years) were divided into two groups. the age and gender of the subjects were not statistically different between the two groups. in the propofol group, the arterial oxygen pressure d...

atraumatic restorative treatment (art) is a minimal intervention technique in the management of carious lesions, which results in negligible discomfort to the patient. the aim of this study was to assess and compare the discomfort levels during atraumatic restorative treatment and minimal cavity preparation (mcp: a method using rotary instruments) treatment procedures in a sample of school chil...

pyridostigmine bromide (pb) is a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of orally administration of single dose sustained-released tablet of pyridostigmine bromide (pbsr) on the frequency domain indices of heart rate variability (hrv). thirty-two healthy young men were participated in this study. they were divided into 2 groups; the pyridostigmine...

introduction: epinephrine-containing lidocaine is the most used anestheic drug in dentistry. the aim of this study was to investigate the hemodynamic changes following local infiltration of 2%lidocaine with 1:80,000 epinephrine in subjects undergoing orthognatic surgery under general anesthesia. methods: twenty five patients without any systemic disease participated. after general anesthesia, t...

effects of inhaled essential oils (eos) cannot be explained by pharmacological mechanisms alone. the study aimed to investigate the effects of pleasantness of and expectancies evoked by eos. a double-blind experiment with a within-subject design was carried out with the participation of 33 volunteering adults (15.2% male; mean age 37.7 ± 10.90 years). participants were exposed to three eos (...

introduction: seizures are symptoms associated with abnormal electrical activity in electroencephalogram (eeg). the present study was designed to determine the effect of absence seizure on heart rate (hr) changes in electrocardiogram (ecg). methods: hr alterations were recorded simultaneous with spike and wave discharges (swd) by eeg in 6 wag/rij rats as a well characterized and validated genet...

background: hospitalization in the coronary care unit (ccu) is a concern for patients and their companions. different studies have presented conflicting results about the effect of visitors on physiological parameters of patients. the purpose of this study was to determine changes in physiological parameters (systolic and diastolic blood pressure and heart rate) due to presence of visitors at t...

Fairground operators are obliged to display a warning to the effect that people with heart disease should not ride on the roller coasters. A 31 year old man with a history of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by exercise ignored this advice and survived a ride on a roller coaster at the Glasgow Garden Festival without adverse effects. This prompted us to monitor heart rate b...