Dynamics of Gingival Indices and Microbiological Findings During Treatment of Plaque-Induced Gingivitis in Children Aged 10-14 Years.

Background: The study analyzed the dynamics of the clinical periodontal status during the treatment of adolescents with generalized plaque-induced gingivitis.

Aim: Assessment of the predominant subgingival microflora in the case of a diagnosed inflammatory process in the gingiva in childhood.

Methods: Full-mouth periodontal assessment of plaque accumulation and bleeding on probing with an electronic periodontal probe was performed during the treatment of 34 adolescents with generalized plaque-induced gingivitis.

Stroke volume variation as an index of fluid responsiveness can be impaired by mental stress.

Cardiac stroke volume variation (SVV) measurement is one of the techniques to detect fluid-responsive hypovolemia in patients under mechanical ventilation. There is an ongoing effort to apply SVV for this purpose also in conscious patients. However, the effect of mental stress often occurring in conscious patients as a potential confounding factor on SVV is not known.

Wound Trauma Exacerbates Acute, but not Delayed, Effects of Radiation in Rats: Mitigation by Lisinopril.

The goal of this study is to understand and mitigate the effects of wounds on acute radiation syndrome (ARS) and delayed effects of acute radiation exposure (DEARE), for preparedness against a radiological attack or accident. Combined injuries from concomitant trauma and radiation are likely in these scenarios. Either exacerbation or mitigation of radiation damage by wound trauma has been previously reported in preclinical studies.

Arterial Stiffness and Endothelial Function in Young Obese Patients - Vascular Resistance Matters.

Aim: Motivated by the paradoxical and differing results of the early atherosclerosis related indices - Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) reflecting arterial stiffness and Reactive Hyperemia Index (RHI) evaluating endothelium dependent flow-induced vasodilation - in obesity, we aimed to assess CAVI and RHI in obese adolescents and young adults in the context of differences in systemic vascular resistance (SVR).

Methods: We examined 29 obese (14f, 15.4 [12.

Information domain analysis of respiratory sinus arrhythmia mechanisms.

Ventilation related heart rate oscillations - respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) - originate in human from several mechanisms. Two most important of them - the central mechanism (direct communication between respiratory and cardiomotor centers), and the peripheral mechanism (ventilation-associated blood pressure changes transferred to heart rate via baroreflex) have been described in previous studies. The major aim of this study was to compare the importance of these mechanisms in the generation of RSA non-invasively during various states by quantifying the strength of the directed interactions between heart rate, systolic blood pressure and respiratory volume signals.