Is hyperhomocysteinaemia a risk factor for recurrent venous thrombosis?

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Lowering of homocysteine blood levels by means of vitamin supplementation

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Variability of the methionine loading test: no effect of a low protein diet.

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Hyperhomocysteinemia: a risk factor for recurrent venous thrombosis

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Hyperhomocysteinemie als risicofactor voor veneuze trombose.

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Electromyographic assessment of blink and corneal reflexes during midazolam administration: useful methods for assessing depth of anesthesia?

Item does not contain fulltextBACKGROUND: There are at least three components of the anesthetic state: loss of consciousness, amnesia and obtundation of reflex responses to noxious stimuli. To investigate the third component, we used a standard electrical stimulus to evoke a blink reflex, which was electromyographically recorded. These data may give information on the anesthetic state. METHODS: The relation between the electrically evoked blink and corneal reflexes and the depth of sedation and anesthesia induced with intravenous midazolam was investigated. Ten patients received i.v. increments of midazolam (1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, 3 mg, 3 mg, etc., until a 21-mg total dose) to create a step-wise deepening of sedation and anesthesia. Depth of anesthesia was assessed by the Observer's Assessment of Alertness/Sedation (OAAS) scale, ranging from 5 ( = awake and alert) to 0 ( = no motor response to tetanic stimulation). RESULTS: Latency of the first (R1) and second (R2) blink components and the corneal (C) reflex component increased, whereas duration and area decreased with increasing depth of sedation and anesthesia. R1 was last seen at an OAAS score [mean (SD)] of 1.8 (0.8), R2 at a score of 3.1 (1.1), C at a score of 3.8 (0.8), and R3 at 4.8 (0.5). These end-points were all statistically different from each other, except R2 vs. C. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that the differential sensitivity of the components of the blink reflex could be useful to monitor depth of sedation and light levels of anesthesia during the administration of midazolam

Acidic citrate stabilizes blood samples for assay of total homocysteine.

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