Reading and listening comprehension and their relation to inattention and hyperactivity.

Background: Children with diagnoses of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently have reading problems. To date, it is not clear whether poor reading is associated with both inattention and hyperactivity and also whether poor reading comprehension is the result of poor word reading skills or more general language comprehension weaknesses.

Aims: We report two studies to examine how reading and listening comprehension skills are related to inattention and hyperactivity/impulsivity.

Propofol-thiopentone admixture: recovery characteristics.

We have investigated, in a prospective double-blind study, recovery from anaesthesia induced by two admixtures of propofol and thiopentone and compared it with a third group of patients who received propofol and lignocaine. Ninety unpremedicated ASA 1 or 2 patients scheduled for elective gynaecological laparoscopy as a daycase procedure were randomly allocated to receive one of three different mixtures for induction of anaesthesia as part of a standardized anaesthetic: Group P50: propofol 1% 10 ml/thiopentone 2.5% 10 ml, Group P75: propofol 1% 15 ml/thiopentone 2.

Propofol-thiopentone admixture-hypnotic dose, pain on injection and effect on blood pressure.

This study examined some pharmacodynamic characteristics of two admixtures of propofol and thiopentone. Ninety unpremedicated ASA 1 or 2 patients were group-randomized to receive, in a double-blinded manner, one of the following mixtures for induction of anaesthesia: Group P50: propofol 1% 10 ml/thiopentone 2.5% 10 ml; Group P75: propofol 1% 15 ml/thiopentone 2.