Letter: Sedatives for alcoholics.

Intranasal sedatives in pediatric dentistry

OBJECTIVES To identify the intranasal (IN) sedatives used to achieve conscious sedation during dental procedures amongst children. METHODS A literature review was conducted by identifying relevant studies through searches on Medline. Search included IN of midazolam, ketamine, sufentanil, dexmedetomidine, clonidine, haloperidol, and loranzepam. Studies included were conducted amongst individua...

Oropharynx microbiota among alcoholics and non-alcoholics.

CONTEXT The oropharynx microbiota plays an important role in the origin of infections, especially among alcoholics whose airway defenses are impaired. OBJECTIVE To compare the normal oropharingeal flora in heavy alcohol drinker and non-alcoholics. PATIENTS 117 persons, 58 heavy alcohol drinkers and 59 non-alcoholics. SETTING Santa Casa de São Paulo Emergency Service. DESIGN A blind pros...

A Letter for Honoring Prof. Takeshi Matsuura

Differences of Photographs Inducing Craving Between Alcoholics and Non-alcoholics

Many researchers have used cue reactivity paradigm to study alcohol craving. But the difference of craving response to drinks between alcoholic patients and social drinkers was little evaluated. To investigate characteristics of alcohol-related visual cues which induce alcohol craving in alcoholism, we examined the response of subjects to alcohol-related cues considering qualitative aspects. Th...

[Daily interruption of sedatives: a panacea?].

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva Vol. 20 No 1, Janeiro/Março, 2008 É indiscutível que tanto a sedação excessiva quanto a agitação dos pacientes internados em unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI) são fatores indesejáveis. Também não existe dúvida de que a supersedação pode resultar em maior tempo de ventilação mecânica (VM) e de internação nas UTI, fatos que podem interferir negativamente ...