Carotid Thrombosis in a Crack Cocaine Smoker Woman.

Introduction: We report a case of stroke in a crack smoker with occlusion of the middle cerebral artery and a large thrombus in the carotid artery. . A 34-year-old female presented with left upper arm weakness, associated with paresthesia with onset of symptoms more than 24 hours before.

[Ictus dopo una seduta dal parrucchiere.].

Riassunto. Le dissecazioni delle arterie cervicali (DAC) sono una causa inusuale di ictus ma il loro tasso di prevalenza cresce fino al 20% nella fascia di età giovane-adulta. In molti casi le dissecazioni si associano a rare malattie connettivali come la sindrome di Ehlers-Danlos, di Marfan, la fibrodisplasia.

[Patient dissatisfaction with postoperative pain: what are the main reasons?].

Introduction: Patient satisfaction regarding postoperative pain management (POPM) is not always correlated with pain level relief.

Objective: To evaluate the percentage of satisfied patients while splitting satisfaction related with nurses, anaesthesiologists and surgeons during 48h postoperative period.

Patients And Methods: The study was performed in 2007 by two investigators in six different surgical suites in a university hospital.