Risk and protective factors for health behaviour in adolescence in Europe.

The purpose of the analysis was to identify the risk and protective factors for health behaviour in European adolescents from population health status and expenditure, mental health status, sexual life, social life and education indices and the existence of national strategies, programmes. National and international databases providing information on the presumed health behaviour predictors were used in the analysis. The existence of national health strategies, the level of health expenditure, the socioeconomic conditions, the level of education and literacy had significant influence on the health-risk behaviour of adolescents in the European societies.

A new monitoring system for nutritional status assessment in children at home.

Regular monitoring of children's nutritional status is essential to prevent micronutrient deficiencies, nutritional status abnormalities as stunting, wasting, overweight and obesity. Nutritional status assessment is usually performed by paediatricians by using anthropometry (body mass index, weight to height indices) and/or by body fat-mass measurement (bioimpedance analysis, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, computer tomography, etc.).

The associations between severity of early postoperative pain, chronic postsurgical pain and plasma concentration of stable nitric oxide products after breast surgery.

In this study, we compared the effects of two analgesic regimens on perioperative nitric oxide index (NOx) and the likelihood of subsequent development of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) after breast surgery and sought to determine the association among early postoperative pain, NOx, and the likelihood of subsequent development of CPSP. Twenty-nine consecutive ASA I or II patients undergoing breast surgery with axillary clearance were randomly allocated to one of two groups. Patients in group S (n = 15) received a standard intraoperative and postoperative analgesic regimen (morphine sulfate, diclofenac, dextropropoxyphene hydrochloride + acetaminophen prn).

Chiroptical properties of cation complexes of chiral phenazino-18-crown-6 ether-type hosts.

Herein we report CD spectroscopic studies on complexes of (R,R)-dimethyl-, (R,R)-diisobutyl-, and (S,S)-di-sec-butyl-phenazino-18-crown-6 ligands (Scheme 1) with selected alkali (Na+, K+), alkaline earth (Mg2+, Ca2+), and transition-metal (Ag+, Zn2+, Ni2+, Cd2+, Pb2+) cations. The complexation was monitored in the 300- to 240-nm region of the CD spectra comprising mainly the 1Bb band of the heteroaromatic subunit. The CD spectra of the complexes showed an unexpected diversity.

A comparison of dexamethasone, ondansetron, and dexamethasone plus ondansetron as prophylactic antiemetic and antipruritic therapy in patients receiving intrathecal morphine for major orthopedic surgery.

Unlabelled: In a prospective, double-blinded, randomized trial, we evaluated the efficacy of IV (a) dexamethasone 8 mg, (b) ondansetron 8 mg, and (c) dexamethasone 8 mg plus ondansetron 4 mg for the prevention of postoperative nausea, vomiting (PONV), and pruritus in 130 (ASA physical status I to III) patients undergoing elective major orthopedic surgery after spinal anesthesia with hyperbaric 0.5% bupivacaine and intrathecal morphine. After spinal anesthesia, patients were randomized to one of three groups.

Neuraxial opioid-induced pruritus: a review.

When intrathecal and epidural opioids are administered, pruritus occurs as an unwanted and troublesome side effect. The reported incidence varies between 30% and 100%. The exact mechanisms of neuraxial opioid-induced pruritus remain unclear.

Chiroptical properties of acridino-18-crown-6 ligands and their complexes with chiral and achiral protonated primary (aralkyl) amine guest molecules.

This paper reports CD spectroscopic studies on acridino-18-crown-6 ligands (RR)-2 and 2a (see Figure 1), and their complexes with the enantiomers of alpha-naphthyl)ethylamine hydrogenperchlorate (1-NEA), 1-phenylethylamine hydrogenperchlorate (PEA) and alpha-2-naphthyl)ethylamine hydrogenperchlorate (2-NEA), and also with the achiral guests (1-naphthyl)methylamine hydrogenperchlorate (1-NMA), benzylamine hydrogenperchlorate (BA), methylamine hydrogenperchlorate (MA) and 1-methylnaphthalene (1-MN). The general feature of the CD spectra of complexes of (RR)-2 with MA, BA, (R)- and (S)-PEA is the replacement of the oppositely signed 1Bb doublet of the host by one positive band near 265 nm. The CD spectra of the heterochiral and homochiral complexes of phenazino and acridino hosts (R,R)-1, 1a, (R,R)-2 and 2a with (R)- and (S)-1-NEA and 1-NMA are governed by exciton interaction.