Transdermal clonidine in patients with swallowing dysfunction.

Patients with swallowing dysfunction are usually very ill and have a constellation of challenging issues requiring palliation. Accumulation of oropharyngeal secretions leads to a substantial effort of medical teams including doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, and ancillary staff. We present 10 patients successfully treated with application of transdermal clonidine film.

[Features of individual pain sensitivity of patients with ischemic heart disease during different variants of bicycle ergometry test].

Aim: To assess the significance of individual pain sensitivity in the development of painful and painless episodes of acute myocardial ischemia.

Materials And Methods: Bicycle ergometry test was carried out in 50 patients aged 35-65 years with angina of effort, functional classes II-III. Before bicycle ergometry, tactile and pain sensitivity thresholds and duration of pain tolerance were assessed by SSM-01 sensometer.