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El Síndrome de Takotsubo es una disfunción ventricular aguda reversible en ausencia de obstrucción coronaria. Una mujer de 85 años de edad con antecedentes de reemplazo valvular aórtico transcatéter, ingresó por dos semanas de dolor severo por una cadera desplazada por osteosíntesis fallida. Mientras se programaba para cirugía, se documentó hiponatremia severa secundaria a secreción inapropiada de hormona antidiurética. Súbitamente desarrolló edema agudo pulmonar. El ecocardiograma confirmó una válvula protésica funcional y aquinesia medial y apical de las paredes del ventrículo izquierdo. Recibió tratamiento con ventilación mecánica no invasiva, restricción de líquidos y diuréticos. La hiponatremia y la cardiomiopatía resolvieron.Takotsubo syndrome is a form of acute reversible left ventricular dysfunction in the absence of coronary obstruction. An 85-year-old lady with a medical history of transcatheter aortic valve replacement was readmitted complaining of 2 weeks of severe pain by a displaced hip and failed osteosynthesis. While she was scheduled for hip surgery, severe hyponatremia secondary to inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion was documented, and sudden-onset pulmonary edema ensued. Echocardiography confirmed normally functioning aortic prosthetic valve and classical features of Takotsubo. She was treated with non-invasive mechanical ventilation, water restriction, and diuretics. Hyponatremia and the cardiomyopathy resolved and the patient recovered completely.
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Cardiomyopathies , Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Retrospective Studies , Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy/etiology , VasopressinsSubject(s)
COVID-19 , Pandemics , Humans , Respiration, Artificial , SARS-CoV-2 , Ventilators, MechanicalSubject(s)
Humans , Pandemics , COVID-19 , Respiration, Artificial , Ventilators, Mechanical , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Measurement of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is realized with the Kron's method. However, this technique has drawbacks like an infusion of water into the bladder of the patient. OBJECTIVE: The prove a new novel disposable sensor in the way to measure the IAP (DSIAP) this one addresses some limitations of the Kron method. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The DSIAP was tested in vitro and clinical settings. The proposed technique was compared with Kron's method through Pearson correlation and Bland-Altman analysis. For in vitro tests, 159 measurements were taken performed by simulating the IAP in the bladder. For the clinical test, 20 pairs of measurements were made in patients with routine IAP monitoring in the intensive care unit. RESULTS: In vitro measurements showed a strong correlation between the DSIAP and the reference (r = 0.99, p-value < 2.2 × 10-16). The bias and 95% confidence intervals were 0.135 and -0.821-1.091 cmH2O, respectively. Measurements in patients with DSIAP versus Kron's method shown a very good correlation (r = 0.973, p-value < 5.46 × 10-13), while the bias and confidence intervals were 0.018 and -3.461-3.496 mmHg, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the proposed DSIAP showed a profile similar to pressure transducers already in clinical use while overcoming some limitations of the former.
ANTECEDENTES: La medición de la presión intraabdominal (PIA) generalmente se realiza con el método de Kron, a pesar de presentar inconvenientes como la infusión de agua en la vejiga del paciente. OBJETIVO: Introducir un nuevo sensor desechable para medir la PIA (SDPIA) que aborda algunas limitaciones del método de Kron. MÉTODO: Se probó el SDPIA en pruebas in vitro y clínicas. La técnica se contrastó con el método de Kron empleando la correlación de Pearson y el análisis de Bland-Altman. Para las pruebas in vitro se realizaron 159 mediciones simulando la PIA en la vejiga. Para las pruebas clínicas se realizaron 20 mediciones en pacientes con monitorización rutinaria de la PIA en la unidad de cuidados intensivos. RESULTADOS: En las mediciones in vitro se encontró una alta correlación (r = 0.99; p < 2.2 × 10−16). El sesgo para la diferencia entre los dos métodos de medición fue de 0.135 cmH2O, con un intervalo de confianza del 95% de −0.821 a 1.091 cmH2O. En las mediciones clínicas también se encontró una alta correlación (r = 0.973; p < 5.46 × 10−13) para la diferencia entre los dos métodos de medición de 0.18, con un intervalo de confianza del 95% de −3.302 a 3.650 mmHg. CONCLUSIONES: Los resultados sugieren que el SDPIA propuesto muestra un desempeño similar al de los transductores de presión actualmente en uso clínico, mientras sobrelleva algunas limitaciones de estos últimos.
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Disposable Equipment , Intra-Abdominal Hypertension/diagnosis , Transducers, Pressure , Abdomen , Adult , Confidence Intervals , Equipment Design , Humans , In Vitro Techniques/methods , Manometry/instrumentation , Mexico , Middle Aged , Pressure , Reference Standards , Reference Values , Urinary Bladder , Young AdultABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The dynamic interactions of severe infectious diseases with epidemic potential and their hosts are complex. Therefore, it remains uncertain if a sporadic zoonosis restricted to a certain area will become a global pandemic or something in between. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to present a surveillance system for acute severe infections with epidemic potential based on a deterministic-stochastic model, the StochCum Method. DESIGN: The StochCum Method is founded on clinical, administrative, and sociodemographic variables that provide a space/time map as a preventive warning of possible outbreaks of severe infections that can be complemented based on the sum of all the first accumulated cases. If the outbreak is happening in high-risk areas, an early warning can be elicited to activate the health response system and save time while waiting for the confirmation of symptomatic cases. RESULTS: The surveillance system was tested virtually for 1 month on admissions to the emergency room of a public hospital located in Mexico City, Mexico. It promptly identified simulated cases of acute respiratory infections with epidemic potential. CONCLUSIONS: The StochCum Method proved to be a practical and useful system for conducting epidemic surveillance on a hospital network.
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Penile amyloidosis has been reported on many occasions in the literature, but all of these have been forms of primary cutaneous amyloidosis. Systemic amyloidosis presenting with a penile ulcer as the first manifestation has not previously been reported. We present two patients in whom an ulcer of the glans penis was the first complaint that led to a diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis. In both patients, lambda light chain type amyloid was showed immunohistochemically. Both patients presented with other manifestations of systemic amyloidosis, including nail dystrophy characterized by onycholisis, trachyonychia and onychoschizia.
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Amyloidosis/pathology , Nail Diseases/pathology , Penile Diseases/pathology , Ulcer/pathology , Aged , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Penis/pathology , Skin Diseases/pathologyABSTRACT
With the multiple advances in the field of medicine and the resulting increase in life expectancy, the population pyramid is showing a tendency towards inversion; each day it becomes more feasible to surgically treat elderly patients. These patients represent a challenge not only because of the comorbidity that generally is associated with the elderly patient, but because of the multiple endemic physiological changes that alter and usually diminish their ability to cope with stressful situations. The elderly also experience social, economic and motivational problems during their illnesses, which should be considered during the surgical period in order to optimize the results of surgery and contribute to improve the quality of life of our patients. The approach with patients >65 years of age during the perioperative period should be multifactorial. It is necessary to acknowledge the physiological changes, poly-pathology, poly-pharmaceutical, and social situation of our elderly patients since these are factors that will determine their response to, and recuperation from, the surgical treatment.
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Geriatric Assessment , Preoperative Care , Aged , Aging/physiology , Humans , Preoperative Care/methodsABSTRACT
Objetivo: determinar la variación del gasto energético en reposo (GER), consumo de oxígeno (VO2) y producción de CO2 (VCO2 por calorimetría indirecta (CI) al aplicar tres diferentes niveles de presión positiva al final de la espiración (PEEP) en pacientes con ventilación mecánica controlada por presión. Diseño: estudio prospectivo, longitudinal, experimental y comparativo. Material y método: se incluyeron nueve pacientes con ventilación mecánica controlada por presión internados en la unidad de cuidados intensivos. Se efectuó CIcon el propósito de medir el GER, VO2 y VCO2 así como el volumen minuto (VE) en tres diferentes niveles de PEEP. Para el análisis estadístico se utilizó la prueba de la t pareada y Wilcoxon se calcularon los coeficientes de variación de las variables en estudio. Resultados: se observó con el incremento de la PEEP disminución en el GER, VO2 y VCO2 que guarda relación con la disminución del VE y cuyo coeficiente de variación se mantiene alrededor del 6 %. En los tres casos en los que se mantuvo constante el VE durante la CI el coeficiente de variación fue menor de 6%. Conclusiones: la medición del GER por CI es confiable y útil cuando se incrementa la PEEP siempre que se mantenga el VE. El cálculo del cociente respiratorio (QR) en estas circunstancias no es confiable.
Objective: To identify variations during measurements of resting energy expenditure (REE), oxygen consumption (VO2 and CO production (VCO2 by indirect calorimetry (IC) in patients with pressure-controlled ventilation and different levels of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP). Design: Prospective and comparative study. Setting: Intensive care unit (ICU) of a university-affiliated hospital. Measurements and Main Results: REE, VO2, and VCO2 were measured by IC in nine patients with pressure- controlled ventilation and different levels of PEEP. Paired t Wilcoxon and coeficient of variation tests for all measurements were carried out. Decrease in REE, VCO2, and VO2 was observed with increments in PEEP, these changes related with a concomitant reduction in VE. Coefficient of variation during IC was above 6%, and was lower in three patients who maintained the same VE throughout the study. Conclusions: Measurement of REE by Ids reliable atvarious levels of PEEP, and it improves if VE remains constant throughout measurement. Respiratory quotient (RQ) in this setting is not accurate.
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Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Humans , Middle Aged , Energy Metabolism , Positive-Pressure Respiration/methods , Rest/physiology , Calorimetry, Indirect , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To identify variations during measurements of resting energy expenditure (REE), oxygen consumption (VO2) and CO2 production (VCO2) by indirect calorimetry (IC) in patients with pressure-controlled ventilation and different levels of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP). DESIGN: Prospective and comparative study. SETTING: Intensive care unit (ICU) of a university-affiliated hospital. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: REE, VO2, and VCO2 were measured by IC in nine patients with pressure-controlled ventilation and different levels of PEEP. Paired t Wilcoxon and coeficient of variation tests for all measurements were carried out. Decrease in REE, VCO2, and VO2 was observed with increments in PEEP, these changes related with a concomitant reduction in VE. Coefficient of variation during IC was above 6%, and was lower in three patients who maintained the same VE throughout the study. CONCLUSIONS: Measurement of REE by IC is reliable at various levels of PEEP, and it improves if VE remains constant throughout measurement. Respiratory quotient (RQ) in this setting is not accurate.
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Energy Metabolism , Positive-Pressure Respiration/methods , Rest/physiology , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Calorimetry, Indirect , Humans , Middle Aged , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To compare in a crossover study pulmonary mechanics, oxigenation index (PaO(2)/FiO(2)), and partial pressure of CO(2) in arterial blood (PaCO(2)) in patients with mechanical ventilation in two controlled ventilatory modes. SETTING: Intensive care unit of a university affiliated hospital. DESIGN: Prospective crossover clinical trial. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total 114 consecutive patients were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) under controlled mechanical ventilation with SaO(2) >90% and FiO(2) <0.5 and assigned by random allocation to either volume control (VC) and constant inspiratory flow (square flow curve) (group I) or pressure control mode (PC) (group II). Both groups were ventilated with tidal volume (Vt) of 7 ml/kg, respiratory rate (RR) 14/min, inspiratory-expiratory ratio 1:2 (I:E), PEEP 5 cm H(2)O, and FiO(2) 0.4. After 15 min of mechanical ventilation, pulmonary mechanics, oxygenation index (OI), and PaCO(2) were measured and registered, and ventilatory mode was switched to PC mode in group I and to VC in group II, maintaining the same ventilator settings. Pulmonary mechanics, OI, and PaCO(2) were again registered after 15 min of ventilation. RESULTS: Peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) was higher in VC than in PC (31.5 vs 26 cm H(2)O), which resulted in a significant increase in transpulmonary pressure amplitude difference (DP) (25 vs 19 cm H(2)O). Mean airway pressure (MAP) and OI were lower in VC than in PC (11.5 vs 12 cm H(2)O, and 198.5 vs 215, respectively). Dynamic compliance (DynC) was lower in VC than in PC (20 vs 26 ml/cm H(2)O), p < 0.05 for all values. At constant ventilator settings in the same patient, PC and not VC ventilation decreases PIP (which results in smaller transpulmonary pressure amplitude difference), increases MAP, and DynC and improves the oxygenation index.
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Oxygen Consumption , Pulmonary Alveoli/physiology , Respiration, Artificial/methods , Respiratory Mechanics , Adult , Aged , Cross-Over Studies , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
Se informa el segundo caso de infección por Vibrio vulnificus en México. Se describen los tres síndromes clínicos de presentación secundarios a la infección por esta bacteria "marina": gastroenteritis, infección de tejidos blandos y choque séptico, en pacientes con una enfermedad crónica subyacente. Se comentan las estrategias de prevención para la población en riesgo de adquirir esta infección potencialmente letal, que seguramente es poco reconocida en nuestro país.
