Síncope vasovagal e suplementação de sal: [revisão] / Vasovagal syncope and salt supplementation: [review]

Síncope é definida como uma perda súbita e breve da consciência e do tônus postural devido à hipoperfusão cerebral. A síncope vasovagal é a causa mais comum de síncope entre todas as etiologias. A incidência pode variar de 21 a 35%, acometendo geralmente pessoas jovens e saudáveis. A fisiopatologia da síncope vasovagal não está completamente esclarecida, contudo, pode ser explicada por vasodilatação e bradicardia reflexo-mediada. Estudos vêm sendo desenvolvidos na tentativa de se encontrar melhores formas de abordagem terapêutica para essa disautonomia, muitas vezes resistente aos tratamentos propostos. Agentes farmacológicos são utilizados, mas a eficácia é questionável e os efeitos adversos são comuns. Até o momento, dispõe-se de poucos estudos randomizados os quais envolvem, na maioria das vezes, pequeno número de pacientes. Medidas terapêuticas têm sido propostas para prevenção de recorrências, como orientações gerais não farmacológicas, reconhecimento dos pródromos e fatores desencadeantes, programas de treinamento fisico e postural, aumento da ingestão hídrica e de sal. Alguns achados sugerem que exista influência da suplementação de sal em parâmetros clínicos da síncope vasovagal. O mecanismo pelo qual a administração de sal previne a síncope não é bem conhecido, embora sua eficácia seja atribuída à expansão de volume extracelular. A suplementação de sal pode aumentar o peso corpóreo, o volume plasmático, a tolerância ortostática e a pressão arterial na posição ortostática. Entretanto, um subgrupo específico de pessoas nas quais os sintomas não são devidamente controlados necessita de intervenção farmacológica e não farmacologia. Em geral, obtêm-se bons resultados terapêuticos com mudanças nos hábitos alimentares e comportamentais.

Syncope is defined as a sudden and brief loss of consciousness and postural tonus due to cerebral hypoperfusion. Vasovagal syncope is the most common cause of syncope among all etiologies. The incidence may range from 21 to 35% and this condition usually affects young, healthy people. Its pathophysiology has not been elucidated yet, and it may due to vasodilation and reflex-mediated bradycardia. Some studies have been carried out as an attempt to find better therapeutic approaches for this dysautonomy which is often resistant to the treatments suggested. Pharmacological agents have been used, but the efficacy has not been fully proven and adverse effects are common. Currently, there are few randomized studies and most of them involve small samples. Therapeutic measures have been suggested to prevent relapses, including general non-pharmacological approaches such as recognizing the symptoms and the triggering factors, programs of physical and postural training, increase in the water and salt intake. Some findings suggest there is an influence of salt supplementation in the clinical parameters of vasovagal syncope. The mechanism that prevents syncope using salt administration has not been completely understood, although its efficacy is attributed to the expansion of the extracellular volume. Salt supplementation can increase body weight, plasma volume, orthostatic tolerance and blood pressure in the upright posture. However, a specific subgroup of people who presents with symptoms that are not appropriately controlled need intervention pharmacological and non pharmacology. In general, good therapeutic results are achieved with changes in diet and behavior.

Analysis of Role of Peripheral Vestibular Receptors on Orthostatic Tolerance using Heart Rate Variability in Rats

BACKGROUND: There is substantial evidence that the vestibular system is involved in the regulation of blood pressure. Heart rate variability (HRV) is useful to investigate the role of the peripheral vestibular receptors and the baroreceptors in the orthostatic tolerance. METHODS: EKG was recorded during postural changes with the head up either after sinoaortic denervation or after bilateral labyrinthectomies in Sprague-Dawley rats. HRV, including mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation (CV), and power spectrum, were analyzed from R-R intervals of EKG. RESULTS: Phenylephrine increased low frequency region and sodium nitroprusside increased high frequency region in the power spectral analysis of HRV in anesthetized rats. Postural changes decreased blood pressure transiently and then increased blood pressure gradually in control rats, but the depression of blood pressure induced by postural change was greater in rats with both sinoaortic denervation and bilateral labyrinthectomies. The increase of CV of HRV just after sinoaortic denervation or bilateral labyrinthectomies represents an unstable heart rate in resting position, however, CV of HRV was increased markedly by postural change 7 days after bilateral labyrinthectomies. Postural change with sinoaortic denervation increased low-frequency region representing sympathetic activity, whereas bilateral labyrinthectomies increased highfrequency region representing parasympathetic activity in power spectral analysis. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that both the peripheral vestibular receptors and the baroreceptors have subsidiary action in orthostatic tolerance and the peripheral vestibular receptors regulate blood pressure during postural change through the sympathetic nervous system.

Study of Some Endocrine Hormone in Pilots under Coriolis Acceleration Stimulation

OBJECTIVE: To explore the difference of some endocrine hormore of healthy pillots and the orthostatic intolerance pilots with coriolis acceleration Increased. METHODS: The coriolis acceleration of 3.75 pai 2cm/s2, 5.00 pai 2cm /s2, 6.25 pai 2cm/s2, was given with a Interval of 3-4 min In 12 flying syncope and 12 healthy pilots, AT-II, Isulin Cortisol, Aldosterone, Gastric were measured by radio immunossay. RESULT : All polits Showed that Aldosterone, AT-II, Gastrin were increased with coriolis acceleration Increased (p<005). Cortisol, Insulin of healthy pilots Increased (p<0,05). CONCLUSIONS : It was considered that endocrine hormone may be used In the autonomic nervous system evaluation Excitation of the autonomic nervous system ol healthy pilots were increased with coriolis acceleration acted, but the orthostatic intolerance pailots decrease.

Cardiorespiratory Responses of Pilots to Maximal Exercise Loading

BACKGROUND: To provide some fundamental physiological basis for the physical training of pilots to improve orthostatic intolerance, cardiorespiratory responses to the symptom-limited maximal exercise loading were studied in pilots and non-pilots, and the results were compared. METHOD: Cardiorespiratory reponses to the symptom-limited maximal exercise loading by Bruce protocol was studied in 11 pilots and 11 matched controls (non-pilots). RESULTS: Comparisons of various data at maximal exercise in the pilots with those in the controls revealed that RR, VE/M2, VE/VO2, VE/VCO2, VT/VC and VE/MVV as well as HR, VO2, O2 pulse and AT showed no significant difference. CONCLUSION: The fact that the aerobic power in the pilots is not superior to that in the controls seems to emphasisze the necessity of aerobic endurance training along with muscular strength training to improve orthostatic tolerance of pilots flying modern high-performance aircrafts.