Antagonism of pancuronium in renal failure: no recurarization.

Neuromuscular transmission was measured using train-of-four stimulation, during and after anaesthesia, in 20 patients with end-stage renal failure. Neuromuscular blockade was provided with pancuronium in single doses of either 3 or 6 mg per 70 kg, and antagonized at 10% recovery with atropine and neostigmine 2.5 mg per 70 kg.

Controlled succinylcholine infusion in a patient receiving echothiophate eye drops.

A 69 year old man receiving echothiophate eye drops for glaucoma was given a controlled infusion of succinylcholine during elective surgery for incisional hernia. Neuromuscular blockade was assessed by the measurement of the force of contraction of the adductor pollicis muscle. Only 9.

[The antiprotease alpha-1-antitrypsin, alpha-2-macroglobulin and immunoglobulin E in newborns with hyaline membrane (author's transl)].

The Authors have analyzed the serum from 26 newborn children suffering from hyaline membrane to valuate the behaviour of alpha-1-antitrypsin, of alpha-2-macroglobulin, and of immunoglobulin E. A statistically significant decrease of antiprotease seric levels has been noticed. No information has been achieved as concern IgE.

A descriptive method for automatically analysing uterine forces during labor.

In recent years many authors have considered evaluation of uterine contractility by means of analysis of amniotic fluid pressure variations. The reason for this is the introduction in obstetrical management of equipment for the recording of amniotic fluid pressure variations which is a powerful facility for clinical investigation, particularly, if it is considered that previous research has been based upon clinical evaluations and measurements carried out by extra and intra-uterine manometers. Important results of these studies are the definitions of two labor indices, the Montevideo unit (defined as the sum of the maxima of the pressure signal of all uterine contractions during a time interval of ten minutes) and the Alexandria unit (which also takes into account the duration of the contraction:this unit corresponds to the Montevideo unit multiplied by the mean value of the duration of the considered contractions).