Preoperative Anxiety in Patients With Nonmelanoma Skin Tumors of the Face.

The manifestation of preoperative anxiety often emerges when a patient is about to experience a surgical procedure. Especially in facial plastic surgery, where the reconstruction region is very strictly confined and the visibility of the outcome is undeniable, an upcoming surgery may easily provoke the feeling of anxiety. The aim of this study is to assess the number of patients that undergo preoperative anxiety and to associate it with several factors found to be concerning for them.

Co-existence of X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) and primary hyperparathyroidism: case report and review of the literature.

X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) is a dominant disorder characterized by hypophosphatemia due to impaired renal tubular reabsorption of inorganic phosphate. Cardinal manifestations include defective calcification of cartilage and bone, growth retardation and resistance to phosphorus and vitamin D therapy. Although secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT) is a common complication of treatment, autonomous HPT is rare, especially in the absence of previous phosphate therapy.

The effects of prenatally administered endogenous cannabinoid on rat offspring.

We reported previously that the main psychoactive component of marihuana, delta9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), when injected prenatally, temporarily inhibited the developing hypothalamo-pituitary system in rat offspring. In the present study, we investigated the effects of the recently described endogenous ligand for the central cannabinoid receptor, arachidonyl-ethanolamide (anandamide, ANA), on the postnatal development of the hypothalamo-pituitary axis (HPA) when administered during the third week of gestation. Rat pups were killed every fifth day from delivery to the 20th postnatal day; gonads, pituitary, and rest of body were weighed, and samples were collected for analysis of gonadotropin releasing hormone in the hypothalamus and luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, prolactin, and growth hormone in the pituitaries and sera.

Effects of anandamide on gestation in pregnant rats.

The present study was to test whether the recently described endogenous ligand for the cannabinoid receptor; arachidonyl-ethanolamide (anandamide, ANA), may produce similar effects on pregnancy as the main psychoactive component of marihuana: delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in rats. ANA, THC (0.02 mg/kg i.