Demonstration of a 10-muJ tabletop laser at 52.9 nm in neonlike chlorine.

We report the demonstration of laser amplification at 52.9 nm in Ne-like Cl with a compact capillary discharge. Laser output pulses with energies of as much as 10 muJ have been obtained.

High-power-density capillary discharge plasma columns for shorter wavelength discharge-pumped soft-x-ray lasers.

We report the generation of plasma columns in gas-filled capillary channels using discharge excitation powers that exceed those of previous studies by one to two orders of magnitude. Current pulses up to 200 kA and 10-90 % rise time of about 10 ns (current increase rate equivalent to 1.5 x 10(13) A/s) were utilized to excite plasmas in 3.

Effects of ischemia and reperfusion on QT dispersion during coronary angioplasty.

The effects of ischemia and reperfusion on QT interval dispersion (QTD: QTmax-QTmin in the 12-lead ECG) were analyzed in 15 patients (12 males, 57 +/- 13 years) undergoing coronary angioplasty (PTCA). All patients had single-vessel coronary artery disease (only one > or = 85% stenosis in a major coronary artery) and normal left ventricular function. All were in sinus rhythm with normal atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction on the surface ECG.

Effect of age and sex on acenocoumarol requirements.

A group of 690 patients (337 males and 353 females) on long-term acenocoumarol therapy was studied. 62.8% of the values of the prothrombin ratio were within the chosen therapeutic range (1.

The potentiation of acenocoumarol anticoagulant effect by amiodarone.

Out of 690 patients (337 males and 353 females) on long-term acenocoumarol therapy, 80 (35 males and 45 females) were taking amiodarone. Forty patients had started amiodarone treatment while being treated with acenocoumarol. Of these, nine patients had begun amiodarone treatment while taking acenocoumarol.

Clonidine overdose.

A case of acute intoxication in a 60-yr-old woman who ingested 20 mg of clonidine is presented. The patient showed CNS depression (bradycardia, hypotonia) with systemic hypertension and peripheral vasoconstriction. She was treated with atropine and sodium nitroprusside.

Drug prescribing and use among elderly people in Spain.

As a result of the lack of an adequate regulation, the supply and the use of medicines is irrational in Spain. In order to know the characteristics of the prescription and use of drugs among the elderly, two drug utilization studies were carried out. The first study was an analysis of 981 prescriptions from an outpatient clinic of the Spanish Social Security.

[Acute poisonings in Barcelona. Epidemiology and therapeutic considerations (author's transl)].

During the first semester of 1977, 330 patients were admitted with acute intoxication to a general hospital in Barcelona, representing 1.8% of the total admissions through the Emergency Room during that time. The patients with acute intoxication were distributed as follows: 48.

[Synovectomy in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis].

Results of 12 late synovectomies in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) (6 knees, 5 wrists, 1 hip), have been evaluated. Synovectomies we performed in 5 patients with 7 to 11 years of evolution and with advanced joint lesions at the X-rays. Pain and inflammation disappeared in all synovectomized joints, but one year later the range of motion was slightly decreased in most of them.