Body mass index through self-reported data and body image perception in Spanish adults attending dietary consultation.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore, based on sex and age, knowledge regarding weight, height, and the perception of body shape in Spanish adults who attend dietary consultation. We also wanted to determine the participants' desired body shapes and what they considered their best health status.

Methods: The sample consisted of 8100 women and 1220 men from Spain.

[Utility of self-reported anthropometric data for evaluation of obesity in the Spanish population; study EPINUT-ARKOPHARMA].

Introduction: Epidemiological studies frequently use weight and height collected by questionnaires, but the inaccuracy of self-reported data may bias the evaluation result. The aim of this study is to validate the self-report in Spanish adult population emphasizing the effect of age and nutritional status of the subjects.

Methods: The sample consist of 9,294 adults (8,072 women and 1,222 men) recruited from dietetic counselling centers dependents of Arkopharma laboratories in 46 Spanish provinces.

[Effect of sub-anaesthetic doses of ketamine in the postoperative period in a patient with uncontrolled depression].

Recent studies indicate that the intravenous infusion of ketamine hydrochloride (an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist) leads to a rapid reduction in depressive symptoms. A 42 year-old woman with breast cancer and major depression resistant to medical treatment received a 90 minute intravenous infusion of 0.3 mg/kg ketamine for 5 consecutive days.

[Control over the bacteriological quality of preparations for TPN by the sequential sampling technic].

A sequential microbiological control was carried out, using a total filtration method, on a sample selected at random from among those prepared on a daily basis and kept at room temperature for twenty-four hours, in order to determine any possible contamination by fungi, bacteria or yeasts. The results obtained were submitted to accumulated sum statistical sampling, the adjustment for which followed a binomial distribution model. For alpha = 0.