scholarly journals Sensory Change

2020 ◽  
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Sensory Change

scholarly journals Observers Exploit Stochastic Models of Sensory Change to Help Judge the Passage of Time

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 200-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Misha B. Ahrens ◽  
Maneesh Sahani
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Models ◽  
Sensory Change

Labor Epidural Analgesia without an Intravascular “Test Dose” 

1998 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 1495-1501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Norris ◽  
Steven T. Fogel ◽  
Hiroko Dalman ◽  
Susan Borrenpohl ◽  
William Hoppe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Anesthetic ◽  
False Negative ◽  
Test Dose ◽  
Labor Analgesia ◽  
Sensory Change ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
False Negative Results ◽  
Epidural Catheters ◽  
Unilateral Block ◽  
Labor Epidural

Background This study prospectively evaluated the ability of aspiration to detect intravascular placement of multiple-orifice epidural catheters. Methods Multiple-orifice, 20-gauge epidural catheters were inserted in 1,029 laboring women. Catheters were observed and aspirated for blood or cerebrospinal fluid before they were tested with 2 ml local anesthetic. If the results of this test were negative (no spinal anesthesia), the authors induced and maintained labor analgesia with a dilute local anesthetic and opioid solution. Patients with bilateral sensory change and effective labor analgesia had a "positive" epidural catheter. Women with unilateral block, inadequate analgesia despite some sensory change or those who delivered before being adequately assessed had "equivocal" catheters. Patients with neither analgesia nor sensory change had "negative" catheters. Results Aspiration and observation identified 60 intravenously placed catheters. Six catheters, which were placed initially in a blood vessel, were withdrawn until aspiration was negative, and then the anesthetic was infused. Four of these catheters were positive and two were still positioned intravascularly. Two other catheters may have been intravenously placed despite negative results of aspiration. The incidence of false-negative results of aspiration was 0 to 2 of 1,085 (upper limit of 95% CI, 0.2% to 0.4%). No patient showed any signs or symptoms of local anesthetic toxicity. Conclusions Under the conditions of this study, which include using multiple-orifice catheters and dilute solutions of local anesthetic and opioid, aspiration and incremental drug injection alone safeguard against the risks of intravenously positioned local anesthetics. These results should not be extrapolated to other clinical settings without further study.

The Application of PVA Antibacterial Film with Clove Oil/β-Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex in Fruit Packaging

2013 ◽  
Vol 655-657 ◽  
pp. 1971-1974
Author(s):  
Xi Hai Hao ◽  
Ping Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Inclusion Complex ◽  
Clove Oil ◽  
Sensory Change ◽  
Cyclodextrin Inclusion ◽  
Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex ◽  
Cherry Tomatoes

In this paper, the PVA film with clove oil/β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex was used to package cherry tomatoes Experiment on cherry tomatoes showed that weightless rates increased along with time, and sensory equality score of cherry tomatoes began to decrease sharply in the 2nd day of storage. PVC antibacterial film had a controlled effect weightless and sensory change obviously, when the clathrate adding is 15%, the effect was the best.

Effectiveness of Repeat Glycerol Rhizotomy in Treating Recurrent Trigeminal Neuralgia

Neurosurgery ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 1125-1134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Bender ◽  
Gustavo Pradilla ◽  
Sachin Batra ◽  
Alfred See ◽  
Neal Bhutiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pain Relief ◽  
Trigeminal Neuralgia ◽  
Treatment Failure ◽  
Median Time ◽  
Retrospective Cohort ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Time To Treatment ◽  
Cox Regression Analysis ◽  
Sensory Change ◽  
Time To Treatment Failure

Abstract BACKGROUND: Percutaneous glycerol rhizotomy (GR) is used to treat trigeminal neuralgia (TN), with satisfactory pain relief lasting 2 to 3 years in most patients after the first intervention. The efficacy of subsequent GRs, however, has not been studied. OBJECTIVE: To compare the pain relief and durability achieved by the first GR with those obtained after subsequent GRs in a retrospective cohort of TN patients. METHODS: Between 1998 and 2010, 548 patients with TN underwent 708 GRs. After exclusions, 430 initial GRs (GR1) and 114 subsequent GRs (GR2+) were compared in terms of initial pain relief, durability, sensory change, and complications. Durability was assessed by determining median time to treatment failure for all GRs achieving complete pain relief without medications (n = 375: 264 failures, 111 censored). Predictors of initial pain relief were assessed by logistic regression, and predictors of failure were assessed by Cox regression analysis. RESULTS: After GR1, pain relief results were as follows: 285 patients (66%) were pain free without medications, 26 (6%) were pain free with medications, 66 (15%) improved, and 53 (12%) were unchanged. After GR2+, results were as follows: 90 patients (79%) were pain free without medications, 6 (5%) were pain free with medications, 7 (6%) improved, and 11 (10%) were unchanged (P = .03). Median time to treatment failure was 26 months after GR1 and 25 months after GR2+ (P = .34). On multivariate analysis, prior GR was a positive predictor of initial pain relief (odds ratio, 2.067; 95% confidence interval, 1.243-3.437; P = .005) and had no effect on durability. CONCLUSION: TN patients experienced greater pain relief and equivalent durability after GR2+ beyond the initial treatment.

Sensory change in the chin and neck after transoral thyroidectomy: Prospective study of mental nerve injury

Head & Neck ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 3111-3117
Author(s):  
Kyung Tae ◽  
Dong Won Lee ◽  
Hyang Sook Bang ◽  
You Hern Ahn ◽  
Jung Hwan Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
Nerve Injury ◽  
Mental Nerve ◽  
Transoral Thyroidectomy ◽  
Sensory Change
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