Giving women WOICE postpartum: prevalence of maternal morbidity in high-risk pregnancies using the WHO-WOICE instrument.

Background: There are no accurate estimates of the prevalence of non-severe maternal morbidities. Given the lack of instruments to fully assess these morbidities, the World Health Organization (WHO) developed an instrument called WOICE. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of non-severe maternal morbidities in puerperal women and factors associated to impaired clinical, social and mental health conditions.

[Meningococcal purpura fulminans: treatment with recombinant protein C activator in 3 cases].

Purpura fulminans is a serious disease associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. It usually leads to disseminated intravascular coagulation and septic shock related to reduced levels of protein C. Recombinant protein C (rPC) activator has been used successfully to inhibit this process.

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in the structural characterization of some diphenyllead(IV) thiosemicarbazonates.

The behavior in electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) conditions of some complexes formed by Pb(C6H5)2(OAc)2 with salicylaldehyde, 2-ketobutyric acid, pyridine-2-carbaldehyde, 2-acetylpyridine, and 2-benzoylpyridine thiosemicarbazones, was studied in detail with the aid of collisional experiments performed by ion trap. The homoleptic complexes of tridentate thiosemicarbazonate dianions (TSC2-) lose the phenyl groups first, destabilizing the high oxidation state of the metal and leading to Pb(II) complexes in which the TSC2- ligand or a part of it remains coordinated to the metal. The main difference among the complexes derives from the presence of a carboxylate group on the 2-ketobutyric acid thiosemicarbazonato ligand, which probably interacts with a Na+ cation leading to ESI-generated [M+Na]+ species.

Compositional and structural variety of diphenyllead(IV) complexes obtained by reaction of diphenyllead dichloride with thiosemicarbazones.

The reactions of PbPh(2)Cl(2) in methanol with acetophenone, salicylaldehyde, pyridine-2-carbaldehyde, 2-acetylpyridine, and 2-benzoylpyridine thiosemicarbazones (HATSC, HSTSC, HPyTSC, HAcPyTSC, and HBPyTSC, respectively) were explored. Despite the similarities among these ligands, the reactions afforded solids with very diverse compositions and structural characteristics, which were in most cases analyzed by X-ray diffractometry (as was the structure of the free ligand HBPyTSC). In the complexes [PbPh(2)Cl(2)(HATSC)](2), [PbPh(2)Cl(2)(HSTSC)(2)], [(PbPh(2)Cl(HPyTSC)(2))][PbPh(2)Cl(3)(MeOH)](2), and [PbPh(2)Cl(PyTSC)] the metal atoms are surrounded by more or less distorted octahedral coordination polyhedra; if both strong and weak interactions are considered, the lead atom in [PbPh(2)Cl(AcPyTSC)] has coordination number 7 and distorted pentagonal bipyramidal coordination geometry, while [(PbPh(2)(BPyTSC))(2)(PbPh(2)Cl(4))].

[Efficacy of a single dose of urapidil for preventing arterial hypertension during the pre-bypass period in coronary surgery].

Objectives: To assess the effect of a single prophylactic dose of urapidil for arterial hypertension during the period before start of extracorporeal circulation.

Patients And Methods: Forty-four patients with good ventricular function (ejection fraction < 40%) scheduled for coronary surgery were enrolled for prospective study. The patients were randomly assigned to receive 0.

Dichlorobis(3,5-dimethylpyrazole-N2)methylphenyltin(IV).

The title compound, [SnCl(2)(CH(3))(C(6)H(5))(C(5)H(8)N(2))(2)], was obtained by reaction of dichloromethylphenyltin(IV) and 3, 5-dimethylpyrazole (dmpz) in chloroform, and was recrystallized from acetone. The structure consists of octahedral all-trans [SnMePhCl(2)(dmpz)(2)] molecules, with the Sn atom coordinated to two C [Sn-C 2.127 (5) and 2.

The combined effect of age and premedication on the propofol requirements for induction by target-controlled infusion.

In this prospective study, we evaluated the combined influence of age and premedication on propofol requirements for the induction of anesthesia and their hemodynamic effects using a target-controlled infusion. We studied 180 patients separated into three age groups: 20-39 yr, 40-59 yr, and more than 59 yr. In each age group, patients were randomly allocated to receive either no premedication (n = 20), fentanyl (2 microg/kg) (n = 20), or midazolam (0.

[Multicenter double-blind clinical trial comparing sucralfate vs placebo in the prevention of diarrhea secondary to pelvic irradiation].

Background: Sucralfate has been used in the prophylaxis of acute enteric toxicity induced by radiation therapy of pelvic organs. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the efficacy of sucralfate in the prevention of the acute enteric toxicity induced by pelvic irradiation in cancer patients, compared with placebo, in a multicentric double-blind randomised clinical trial.

Patients And Method: One hundred and twenty patients, with a localised pelvic cancer, 18 to 80 years old, with a Karnofsky index of 80% or more, and "normal" defecation habits (3-10 defecations/week), undergoing whole pelvic irradiation, were included.

[Treatment of the hypertensive response during coronary surgery: comparison of high-dose propofol to propofol with nitroprusside].

Objective: To determine the efficacy of high doses of propofol for controlling hypertension during coronary surgery and to compared cardiovascular stability with propofol to that observed under lower doses of propofol with nitroprusside.

Patients And Methods: Forty patients were studied prospectively. The patients had good ventricular function and were scheduled for coronary surgery, randomized to two groups.

Clinical results of TBI for bone marrow transplantation at Sevilla.

We report on a series on 81 patients affected with acute leukemia undergoing TBI prior to BMT. An analysis of the achieved results is given, emphasizing the limited incidence of interstitial pneumonitis in our patients (3.7%).