BACKGROUND Adrenomedullin (AM) is a potent pulmonary vasodilator peptide. However, whether intratracheal delivery of aerosolized AM has beneficial effects in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension remains unknown. Accordingly, we investigated the effects of AM inhalation on pulmonary hemodynamics and exercise capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension...

The Relation Between Cardiac Function and Cerebral Blood Flow in Stroke Patients. 1. Effect of CO, Inhalation • The effects of CO2 inhalation were determined on 23 stroke patients with and without hypertension who underwent clinical, cardiohemodynamic, cerebral blood flow (hemispheric mean and regional), cerebral metabolic rate and cerebral angiographical studies. Cardiac output, heart rate, sy...

background : anxiety is the one of the most common problems before the surgery. its prevalence rate ranged from 11 to 80 percent in all the adult patients. delay in wound healing and increasing use of narcotics and anesthetics are some of the other accompanying problems. aromatherapy is one of the complementary medicine components. it is applied by special type of oil extracted from aromatic pl...

Twelve male patients, with effort angina and a history of cold intolerance, performed brief submaximal exercise bicycle tests with separation of inspiratory and room air. In one test, the patients exercised in a normal room (20°C), breathing either normal or very cold air (-35°C). In another test, environmental air \vas either normal or -10°C, and four combinations of inspiratory and room air w...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the alterations of heart rate, blood pressure, psychological aspects and oxygen saturation after continuous fenoterol inhalation (0.5 mg/Kg) by children with severe acute asthma. METHODS We studied 30 patients with severe acute asthma who were treated at the pediatric ward of Hospital Universitário-UFMS. The patients inhaled 0.5 mg/Kg of fenoterol (two drops/Kg) during o...

BACKGROUND Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common peripheral neuropathy and ischemic-reperfusion injury. Oxidative stress is considered a major cause of CTS. Linalool, a component of essential oils, has antioxidant activity. This study was designed to determine the effects of linalool inhalation on oxidative stress in patients with CTS. METHODS This double-blind, placebo-controlled study as...

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are required to inhale forcefully and deeply to receive medication when using a dry powder inhaler (DPI). There is a clinical need to objectively monitor the inhalation flow profile of DPIs in order to remotely monitor patient inhalation technique. Audio-based methods have been previously employed to accurately estimate flow param...