Midazolam frente a dexmedetomidina en sedación en cirug¡a ginecológica en el Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza 2015 / Midazolam versus dexmedetomidine in sedation in gynecological surgery in the National HospitalArzobispo Loayza 2015

Objetivo: Determinar el nivel de sedación y de depresión respiratorio entre el midazolam y la dexmedetomidina. Material y M‚todos: estudio cuantitativo, observacional, anal¡tico, y prospectivo. Resultados: La sedación con midazolam fue m s profunda que el de la dexmedetomidina; con respecto a la depresión respiratoria usando la prueba de ANOVA los niveles de Sp02 con midazolam fueron menores que el de la dexmedetomidina con una p = 0,010; en la variable de frecuencia respiratoria no hubo diferencia estad¡sticamente significativa p = 0,190, en la variable de amplexación con dexmedetomidina estuvo disminuida estad¡sticamente significativo con p < 0,001. Conclusiones: La dexmedetomidina tiene efectos sedativos, sin producir depresión respiratoria, el midazolam tiene un buen efecto sedativo con algún nivel de depresión respiratoria.

Objective: To determine the level of sedation and respiratory depression between midazolam and dexmedetomidine. Material and Methods: quantitative, observational, analytic, prospective study, experimental and inferential. Results: Sedation with midazolam was higher than the dexmedetomidine, with respect to respiratory depression using ANOVA test sp02 levels with midazolam were lower than the dexmedetomidine, p = 0.010 ,frequency variable and in amplexation variable with dexmedetomidine was decreased statistically significant with p < 0.001. Conclusions: Dexmedetomidine has sedative effects, without producing respiratory depression; the midazolam has a good sedative effect with some levet of respiratory.

Nutritional status of the Andean population of Puna and Quebrada of Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the nutritional status of the Andean population of Puna and Quebrada of Humahuaca, Jujuy, using anthropometric measurements. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: A cross-sectional nutritional survey was carried out in a representative sample (n = 1236) of individuals from these regions. Children aged 2-9 years, adolescents (10-17 years) and adults (>or=18 years; pregnant and lactating women excluded) were considered. Height-for-age, weight-for-height and body mass index (BMI) were calculated in children and adolescents and compared with World Health Organization/National Center for Health Statistics/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reference standards using Z-scores or percentiles, in order to assess the prevalence of stunting, wasting/thinness and excess weight. In adults, BMI, waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip (WHR) ratio were used to identify obesity and central adiposity. RESULTS: Stunting (height-for-age Z-score <-2 standard deviations) and obesity (BMI >or= 95th percentile) were found to be major nutritional problems in children and adolescents. Stunting was prevalent in 10.7% of children and 12.4% of adolescents; 8.2% of children and 3.5% of adolescents were obese. Adults were short (mean: 155.8 cm) and values of overweight (32.3%), obesity (18.3%) and central adiposity (mean WC: 86.5 cm) were high. Older adults and those with higher economic development showed higher prevalence of obesity and central adiposity. CONCLUSIONS: The present population may be at the early stages of nutritional transition as symptoms of undernutrition and overnutrition coexist at the population level. These results suggest that rates of growth retardation may be decreasing owing to improved nutritional conditions; however, this could be accompanied by a sharp increase in the prevalence of other diet-related chronic diseases.

[Chemical composition of Creole cattle meat]. / Composición química de carne de ganado bovino criollo.

Proximal composition was determined in meat's Creole cattle (CGBC). For this purpose, four raw cuts of CGBC were analyzed: buttock, flank, loin blade steak, and shoulder blade steak. The mentioned names of the meat cuts come from the National Meat Bureau from the Republic of Argentina. These cuts were taken from an experimental lot of Creole cattle (n = 11) in Jujuy province. Comparisons were made with data extracted from Argentine Table of Food Composition, edited by National Nutrition Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1942). The results show that the level of protein is slightly inferior (in the case of CGBC varies between 18.44 +/- 0.30 and 21.06 +/- 0.11 g/100 g, while in the CTE varies between 20 and 23.8 g/100 g). The content of lipids in the cuts without visible fat is variable (1.06 +/- 0.01 to 2.74 +/- 0.61 g/100 g in the cuts of CGBC and 1.4 to 8.4 for the cuts of CTE). The content of minerals is similar (Fe 2.26 +/- 0.18 to 2.35 +/- 0.23 mg/100 g in CGBC, while in the CTE varies between 3.15 and 3.46 mg/100 g; Phosphorous varies between 142 +/- 10 and 170 +/- 11 mg/100 g in CGBC and 186 to 213 mg/100 g in CTE). These outcomes allow to affirm that the quality of CGBC beef is very similar to CTE beef with regard to principal nutrients.

Composition of different bean varieties (Phaseolus vulgaris) of Northwestern Argentina (Region NOA): cultivation zone influence.

There have been prior investigations concerning the environmental effects and especially soil conditions upon the proximate analysis and mineral content of grains. However, the studies are not complete and have not involved beans grown in the northwestern regions of Argentina. For this reason, this study was initiated to determine the concentration of protein, moisture, ash, fat, and minerals of various bean samples grown in northwestern Argentina. Six varieties of beans were taken from seven different regions. AOAC standard methods were used for chemical analysis. The elements analyzed for all bean samples show that moisture varies from 12 to 14%, proteins from 18 to 22%, fat from 0.7 to 1.20%, copper from 0.8 to 1.20 mg/100 g, iron from 9 to 18 mg/100 g, zinc from 2.5 to 4 mg/100 g, and phosphorus from 295 to 542 mg/100 g. No arsenic was detected in the bean samples. Different analyzed bean varieties were significantly different for proximate composition and mineral content, and each variety from different regions of northwestern Argentina present significant differences.

2,5-Diamino-p-benzoquinone Derivatives as Photosystem I Electron Acceptors: Synthesis and Electrochemical and Physicochemical Properties.

A series of 2,5-diamino-p-benzoquinone derivatives have been prepared and their physicochemical properties studied. The sensitivity of their photoreduction potential to 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea, 2,5-dibromo-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-p-benzoquinone, and KCN, as well as the photosystem I (PSI) activity, suggests that the reduction of 2,5-diamino-p-benzoquinone derivatives in the illuminated thylakoid is at the primary electron acceptor of PSI and it is reversible. The half-wave potentials of these compounds to their corresponding radical anions in an aprotic medium such as acetonitrile were found to be comparable with the midpoint potential values of the electron transport carriers at the reducing site of PSI. The strong reductant produced by PSI is really more accessible to the strong lipophilic electron acceptor. These lipophilic p-benzoquinone derivatives can reach the carriers inside the thylakoid membrane more easily than the ionic electron acceptor. The accepting electron properties of these compounds at PSI are similar to those of the bipyridinium herbicides.

Effects of selected synthetic compounds on growth of Mucor rouxii.

The in vitro activity of four synthetic compounds was tested on fungal cells from Mucor rouxii. The compounds included phenylenediamine, two phenolamines, and quinone. At the concentrations tested (10(-2)-10(-4)M) the compounds exhibited antifungal activity, with the exception of quinone. On the basis of their effects on spore germination, and development of hyphae, phenylenediamine was the more active. The mechanism of action of the compounds is still unknown, but hyphae show morphological alterations and disturb the distribution of calcofluor in the cell wall. This suggests variations in the genesis of the cell wall.

[Inhibition of Mucor rouxii growth by synthetic substances]. / Inhibición del crecimiento de Mucor rouxii por substancias sintéticas.

Mucor rouxii cells were used to examine the possible antimycotic activities of four substances: phenolamines, phenylendiamine and quinone. These substances are original structures recently synthesized. Assays in plates showed that 10(-2) M of phenolamines and phenylendiamines give rise to halos of growth inhibition. Assays in liquid media using 10(-4) M of substances showed 100% inhibition of spore germination. Specifically, the phenylendiamine showed 49% inhibition on development of mycelium. In these cells the calcofluor distribution changes, suggesting alterations in cell wall. No inhibition of growth was found using the quinone. The activity for substances were evaluated using standard antifungal benomyl. On this basis, the substance phenylendiamine it is an antimycotic active. The mechanism of action is not presently known.