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Abstract: A behavioural method of habit reversal, in combination with a hydrocortisone cream, was compared with the use of cream alone in the treatment of 17 patients with atopic dermatitis. The patients were assigned randomly to two groups, one of which received the combination treatment and the other regular ointment treatment. The patients' skin status was assessed before and after treatment, and the patients recorded their scratching during the study. Both groups improved, but the group which received habit-reversal therapy improved significantly more. A strong correlation was found between reduction in scratching and improvement in skin status.
Adolescence

Abstract: The distribution of whole-body O2 supply during severe hypoxia and recovery and its relation to the regional distribution of O2 deficit and repayment was studied. Mongrel dogs were anesthetized, paralyzed, and ventilated to maintain an end-tidal PCO2 between 35 and 40 Torr. In one group, the alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors were blocked to eliminate neural and humoral adrenergic influences. In a second group, alpha-adrenergic receptors were stimulated to decrease O2 delivery by excessive vasoconstriction. In a third group, beta-adrenergic receptors were stimulated to increase O2 delivery. Whole-body and hindlimb muscle O2 uptake and vascular responses were measured during normoxic control, 15 or 30 min of severe hypoxia (9% O2 in N2), and 20 or 30 min of normoxic recovery, respectively. The whole-body O2 deficit and excess O2 uptake in recovery were partitioned into muscle and nonmuscle areas. The data showed that neural or humoral influences had little effect on the regional distribution of the total O2 deficit and O2 excess in recovery. The O2 deficit could be decreased somewhat by increasing delivery, but the amount of excess O2 used in recovery was unaffected. This suggested that the excess O2 use in recovery was more a function of an energy deficit during hypoxia and not an O2 deficit.
Animal

Abstract: Three patients with recent stroke underwent carotid endarterectomy 1, 4, and 8 days after the onset of maximal symptoms. In each case, computed tomography (CT) demonstrated recent cerebral infarction and cerebral arteriography showed high grade cervical carotid stenosis. No patient developed worsened neurological symptomatology, intracerebral hemorrhage, or vasomotor paralysis. These results suggest that carotid endarterectomy, if indicated, can be performed safely after acute stroke under certain conditions. These criteria include the following: normal level of consciousness, relatively small cerebral infarction without mass effect on CT, and meticulous control and monitoring of systemic blood pressure during the perioperative period. These initial observations suggest that a specific subgroup of patients with recent cerebral infarction may be able safely to undergo carotid endarterectomy shortly after diagnosis.
Carotid Artery Diseases