[Xenon and sevoflurane anti stress activity comparative assessment during elective anaesthesia in pediatric patients].

Unlabelled: Research objective was to compare Xenon and Sevoflurane anti stress activities during elective anaesthesia in Pediatric patients.

Material And Methods: The results of anaesthesia in 42 patients in age from 1 to 18 years were analyzed. The clinical sings, BIS-index, Somatotropinum hormone and Cortisol levels in patient's blood were studied.

Cortical visual areas process intestinal information during slow-wave sleep.

Background: Previously we have shown that, during sleep, electrical and magnetic stimulation of areas of the stomach and small intestine evoked neuronal and EEG responses in various cortical areas. In this study we wanted to correlate natural myoelectrical activity of the duodenum with cortical neuronal activity, and to investigate whether there is a causal link between them during periods of slow-wave sleep.

Methods: We have recorded the myoelectrical activity from the wall of the duodenum and activity of single neurons from three cortical visual areas in naturally sleeping cats and investigated causal interrelationship between these structures during slow-wave sleep.

[Medical care provision to the victim children of Haiti].

Treatment and diagnostic measures, including anesthesia during catastrophes and natural disasters are a world known problem. The paper presents the experience of anesthetic care provision during specialized surgical care to the victim children of the earthquake in Haiti. The materials of analysis were 529 anesthesias conducted to 72 children, who were in the treatment for crush syndrome, skeletal and concomitant injury.

[Structural organization of neurons of spinal ganglia innervating the colon].

The localization and morphological features of viscerosensory neurons of sacral spinal ganglia (SSG), innervating the colon, were investigated. In urethane anaesthetized cats, the solution of horseradish peroxidase was injected under the serosa of ascending and descending parts of the colon as well as of the rectum. After 48 hours animals were repeatedly anesthetized and transcardially perfused.