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Introduction: Mediastinal nodal involvement is essential in lung cancer staging. This can be performed with transbronchial needle aspiration using a flexible bronchoscope. We present the experience of the Instituto Nacional del Tórax. Material and Methods: Retrospective study. The procedure was performed in patients with mediastinal nodes greater than 1 cm on computed tomography of the chest. Results: In 132 bronchoscopies, 136 transbronchial needle aspirations for cytological studies were performed, 98 (72 percent) in subcarinal nodes and 38 (28 percent) in other locations. In 64 (47.1 percent) samples, lung cancer was diagnosed. In 100 (73,5 percent) cases the final diagnosis was lung cancer with mediastinal involvement. In this series transbronchial needle aspiration had a sensitivity of 64 percent for lung cancer diagnosis. There were no complications. Conclusions: Transbronchial needle aspiration cytology is safe and useful for the diagnosis and staging of the mediastinum in lung cancer patients.
Introducción: Identificar el compromiso de los ganglios mediastínicos es fundamental en la etapificación del cáncer pulmonar. Esto puede hacerse con muestras citológicas obtenidas mediante punción aspirativa transbronquial. Presentamos la experiencia del Instituto Nacional del Tórax. Material y Método: Estudio retrospectivo. Se realizó el procedimiento en pacientes con ganglios mediastínicos mayores de 1 cm en la tomografía computada de tórax. Resultados: En 132 fibrobroncoscopías se realizaron 136 citologías por punción aspirativa transbronquial, 98 (72 por ciento) en ganglios subcarinales y 38 (28 por ciento) en otras estaciones. En 64 (47,1 por ciento) muestras, se diagnosticó cáncer pulmonar. En 103 (76 por ciento) casos el diagnóstico final fue cáncer pulmonar. En esta serie la citología por punción aspirativa transbronquial tuvo una sensibilidad de 64 por ciento para diagnóstico de cáncer pulmonar. No se registraron complicaciones. Conclusiones: La citología por punción aspirativa transbronquial es una técnica segura y útil para la etapificación del mediastino en el cáncer pulmonar en nuestra experiencia.
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Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Biopsy, Fine-Needle/methods , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Bronchoscopy , Mediastinum , Neoplasm Staging , Predictive Value of Tests , Retrospective Studies , Sensitivity and SpecificityABSTRACT
Acute Myocardial infarction is the first cause of death in our country, to reduce its mortality early hospitalization is critical, so adequate treatments that have demonstrated to improve survival can be applied, particularly reperfusion therapy, that requires a diagnosis before 12 hours of evolution of symptoms to be effectively used, to do this early diagnosis two key elements are basic: clinical history and electrocardiography. This two elements are reviewed as their correct application and possible related mistake.
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Humans , Electrocardiography , Myocardial Infarction/diagnosisABSTRACT
An acute left ventricular disfunction, induced by physical or emotional stress, has been described, known as Tako-tsubo syndrome. Acute coronary disease has shown to be its most important differential diagnosis, based on the similar clinical findings described in this group of patients. It usually presents with chest pain, reversible ST segment elevation in the electrocardiogram, discrete myocardial enzyme elevation and transient left ventricular wall motion abnormality, with no significant coronary arteries disease demonstrated. In this article we present the case of a46 year old woman with a typical Tako-tsubos syndrome medical profile who was hospitalized in our Hospital, with an initial diagnosis of an acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. We describe the general study and management of this syndrome and make a discussion about the subject.
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Humans , Male , Female , Cardiology , Ventricular Dysfunction/diagnosis , Ventricular Dysfunction/physiopathologyABSTRACT
INTRODUCCION: El estrés oxidativo (EO) es importante en la génesis de diversas patologías. Su rol en patología cardiovascular es reconocido, particularmente en isquemia-reperfusión, fenómeno asociado al uso de circulación extracorpórea (CEC) en cardiocirugía. Complicación frecuente es la fibrilación auricular post-operatoria(FAPO), que ha demostrado participación del EO. Estrategias que lo atenúen podrían reducir incidencia de FAPO. Este trabajo busca determinar efectos de un esquema de suplementación para prevenir el EO y FAPO. METODOLOGIA: Ensayo clínico, doble ciego, aleatorizado. A 80 pacientes programados para cardiocirugía con CEC se administró placebo (n=40) o suplementación(n=40), consistiendo desde 7 días antes de la cirugía ácidos grasos poli-insaturados omega-3 (n-3) (2 g/día), y 2 días pre-cirugía se agrega vitamina C (1 g/día) y E (400 UI/día), todo hasta el alta. Se obtuvieron muestras sanguíneas (al ingreso, en suplementación, en cirugía, en postoperatorio y al alta) y auriculares durante cirugía. El estado antioxidante fue medido por la habilidad plasmática para reducir hierro férrico (FRAP) y el índice GSH/GSSG. Se midió actividad de enzimas catalasa, superóxido-dismutasa y glutatión-peroxidasa. Lipoperoxidación fue medida por niveles de malondialdehído. Para variables paramétricas se usó t de student, entre grupos se usó ANOVA-Bonferroni. Significancia fue p<0.05. RESULTADOS: Suplementación con n-3 disminuyó índice GSH/GSSG en 25 por ciento. En postoperatorio hubo 21 por ciento menos de lipoperoxidación y niveles de FRAP 30 por ciento mayores. Actividad de enzimas mostró incremento significativo. Además disminuyó FAPO desde 25 por ciento a 7,5 por ciento. CONCLUSION: Suplementar con n-3 y vitaminas antioxidantes disminuye ocurrencia de FAPO evitando daño miocárdico bioquímico y funcional por EO.
INTRODUCTION: Oxidative stress is important in the genesis of several diseases. Their role in cardiovascular disease is recognized, particularly in ischemia-reperfusion, a phenomenon associated with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in cardiac surgery. Common complication is postoperative atrial fibrillation (FOAP), which has demonstrated participation of oxidative stress, strategies to mitigate what could reduce the occurrence of FOAP. This paper tries to determine the effect of a supplementation scheme to prevent oxidative stress and its consequences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Eighty patients scheduled for CCEC received placebo (n = 40) or supplementation (n = 40). Inclusion criteria: Age 30-80 years, sinus rhythm. Exclusion criteria: previous cardiosurgery, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, congenital heart disease, chronic diseases. The supplementation consisting of n-3 (2 g / day), vitamins C (1 g /day) and E (400 IU / day) from 7, 2 and 2 days before surgery, respectively, until discharge. In atrial tissue and blood samples the plasma ferric reducing ability (FRAP), index GSH/GSSG, activity of catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione-peroxidase, and malondialdehyde levels were measured. Protein carbonylationwas measured in atrial tissue. Parametric variables expressed as mean and standard error were analyzed with students t-test, groups were compared using ANOVA-Bonferroni. Significance was p <0.05. RESULTS: The supplementation reduced the incidence of FOAP, lipid peroxidation and protein carbonylation in 73, 21 and 19 percent (p <0.05), respectively, and increased the FRAP (30 percent) and activity of antioxidant enzymes (p <0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Antioxidant supplementation decreases FOAP probably avoiding damage by oxidative stress.