E12 Dental chair ?hypertensive syndrome?

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Horner syndrome from the dentist's chair.

Horner syndrome results from a disruption of the sympathetic nervous system input to the eye and orbit. Many causes have been described, including thoracostomy tubes, carotid artery dissection, herpes zoster ophthalmicus, various headache syndromes, Pancoast tumor, head and neck surgery, and local trauma. In the medical literature, Horner syndrome has been reported as a sequela of prolonged pos...

Gender differences in dental anxiety: is the chair position important?

Dental anxiety in the general population is more prevalent in females than in males. The presence of dental anxiety was studied in a group of 189 females and 176 males using the following scales: the Dental Anxiety Scale (divided into DAS 1 containing 6 items, which explores a patient's dental anxiety and DAS 2 containing 13 items, which looks at dental anxiety concerning dentist-patient relati...

Genetics of hypertensive syndrome.

The knowledge of the genetic bases of hypertension has improved over the last decade; this area of research has high priority due to the high incidence of hypertension and its impact on public health. Monogenetic mineralocorticoid hypertension syndromes are associated with suppressed plasma renin activity due to excessive activation of the mineralocorticoid pathway. We review the pathophysiolog...

Autoimmune hypertensive syndrome.

Intravenous infusion of epinephrine or norepinephrine produces hypertension and symptoms similar to a pheochromocytoma.1,2 The sequelae are predictable on the basis of continuous infusion of agonists that activate and adrenergic receptors (ARs). These monoamine agonists, however, are not the only means by which -ARs can be activated. Activating autoantibodies (AAs) directed toward the 1AR and/o...