[Stress among anesthesiologists in the city of Havana]. / Estudio sobre estrés en los anestesiólogos de la ciudad de La Habana.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether or not anesthesiologists are more vulnerable to stress, and whether or not they suffer related psychosomatic symptoms. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Representative samples of 50 anesthesiologists and 80 other physicians not members of surgical teams in Havana, taken from a stratified randomized sample population. Data on the subjects' vulnerability to stress, anxiety levels and symptoms were collected through psychological testing and questionnaires. RESULTS: Data obtained were subjected to statistical analysis, showing that susceptibility to stress was higher among anesthesiologists (64%) than in the control group (40%). Stress levels were also higher among anesthesiologists (60%) than among the controls (43%) and psychosomatic symptoms were highly related. CONCLUSION: Anesthesiologists are subjected to stress that leads to psychosomatic symptoms to a greater extent than are other physicians.

[Myxoma of the right ventricle: report of a clinical case and review of the literature]. / Mixoma del ventrículo derecho: informe de un caso clínico y revisión de la literatura.

We studied a seventeen year old female patient with clinical manifestations of pulmonary embolism. A Two-Dimensional echocardiography showed the presence of a right intraventricular mass. It was surgically removed and the histopathological study showed it to be a myxoma. The recovery of the patient was uneventful. This is the first case of a right ventricular myxoma diagnosed during life in our hospital. The medical literature describing this unusual location is reviewed.