BACKGROUND Spontaneous breathing trials (SBTs) are a very important test in the weaning process. The trial involves evaluation of multiple objective and subjective variables. These characteristics could lead to variability in interpreting outcomes with important clinical implications. We aimed to measure the inter-observer agreement between respiratory therapists when analyzing SBT outcomes. ...

Acetylcholine released from cholinergic nerves is involved in heat loss responses of cutaneous vasodilation and sweating. K(+) channels are thought to play a role in regulating cholinergic cutaneous vasodilation and sweating, though which K(+) channels are involved in their regulation remains unclear. We evaluated the hypotheses that 1) Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (KCa), ATP-sensitive K(+) (KATP), an...

Patients with diabetic neuropathy typically have decreased sweating in the feet but excessive sweating in the upper body. Previous studies of sudomotor function in diabetes have included patients with longstanding disease. The present study was designed to test for the early presence of sudomotor dysfunction and to characterize its relation to glycemic control and other aspects of peripheral ne...

OBJECTIVE Presentation of a case of perioral Frey syndrome. DESIGN Case report. SUBJECT A 72-year-old woman with hyperhidrosis around the mouth and chin. RESULTS This patient suffered from bilateral perioral gustatory sweating following a mandibular osteotomy; such a case has not previously been described. Possible pathophysiological hypotheses are discussed in relation to the anatomy and...

BACKGROUND X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XLHED), the most common type of ectodermal dysplasia, is caused by EDA gene mutations. Reduced sweating contributes substantially to XLHED associated morbidity and mortality. To characterise the genotype-phenotype relationship, sweat gland function was assessed non-invasively in XLHED patients and healthy controls. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In...

Although of low morbidity, sweating sickness is readily induced in calves by infestation with positive Hyalomma truncatum adult ticks. This epitheliotrophic disease has no specific cure except by the administration of hyperimmune serum obtained from animals which have recovered and are subsequently immune to the disease. Treatment with hyperimmune serum, however, has associated problems of dono...

When a patient complaining of headache comes to the hospital, focus is usually on checking for neurological disorders. After these are excluded, functional headaches thought of, and it easy overlook other causes. In case presented here, was hospitalized with severe headache. There were no specific findings in either brain imaging or cerebrospinal fluid. The persisted, accompanied by excessive s...

A fkw weeks ago a medical man in Kangoon told me that he had a case under his observation ?f a Mahomedan lady who sweated blood. She was a woman of about 50 years" of age, who had ceased menstruating six months ago, and since her menses had stopped, she had begun to sweat blood?the bleeding taking place, curiously enough, only about the waist, in front. I did not believe that his story could po...