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Chronobiol Int ; 18(3): 503-11, 2001 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11475419

RESUMO

Self-directed aggressive behaviors of human beings show a 24h pattern. The aim of this study was to evaluate if violence of psychiatric inpatients against one another and hospital staff varies over the 24h. The clock time occurrence of 334 episodes of assault behaviors by 119 psychiatric inpatients (78 males and 41 females, mean age 34.8+/-11.3 years) committed during a 5-year span in the psychiatric unit of the university-based hospital of Ferrara, Italy, was evaluated. The clock time of each event was categorized by hour during the 24h and into one of four 6h intervals for analysis of temporal variation by cosinor and chi2 tests, respectively. A significant 24h variation, characterized by an early afternoon peak, was detected irrespective of gender and number (single vs. repeated) of episodes committed. Changes during the 24h in ward activity, patient contact, and endogenous circadian rhythms are likely to contribute to the observed 24h pattern, although further study is needed to confirm our findings and to define causal factors.


Assuntos
Agressão , Ritmo Circadiano , Adulto , Feminino , Hospitais Psiquiátricos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoas Mentalmente Doentes , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Fatores Sexuais , Fatores de Tempo , Violência
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Recenti Prog Med ; 92(4): 286-9, 2001 Apr.
Artigo em Italiano | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11388049

RESUMO

It is known that many physiological variables show a rhythmic variability along a time span, e.g.: day, week, month or year. It is possible that the temporal overlapping of a constellation of factors may act as favouring and/or triggering factors for the onset of several acute diseases. Among these, epistaxis shows a circadian variability too. Such pattern, characterised by a prevalent peak in the morning and a secondary one in the evening, strictly resembles that of arterial blood pressure. The lack of differences between the temporal pattern of hypertensive and normotensive subjects suggests that the physiological pattern of blood pressure, and not strictly a condition of hypertension, may play a favouring role in certain hours of the day, probably together other local factors.


Assuntos
Ritmo Circadiano , Epistaxe/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Estações do Ano
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Am J Med Sci ; 320(1): 72-4, 2000 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10910377

RESUMO

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are widely used and relatively safe medications. We report here an uncommon case of fluid retention simulating acute congestive heart failure, secondary to aspirin consumption, promptly reversible after discontinuation of therapy, and triggered again by pharmacological challenge test.


Assuntos
Anti-Inflamatórios não Esteroides/efeitos adversos , Aspirina/efeitos adversos , Insuficiência Cardíaca/induzido quimicamente , Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico/induzido quimicamente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos
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Am J Emerg Med ; 18(3): 325-7, 2000 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10830691

RESUMO

A 39-year-old woman arrived to the emergency department complaining of a constant, progressive, left flank pain, with no beneficial effect from spasmolytic and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Two years before, she suffered another episode of right flank pain and stranguria, but instrumental examinations (ultrasonography, urography) remained negative. Besides a mild tenderness in the left flank, physical examination was normal. Blood chemistry panel showed leukocytosis (17.2 x 10(3) mL, neutrophils 82.8%) and a slight increase of serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (543 U/L versus 230 to 460 U/L). Urinanalysis showed a slight hemoglobinuria (0.5 mg/dL), and sediment contained some red cells and leukocytes. Diagnostic examinations (ultrasonography, computed tomography) showed a left renal nonhomogeneous space-occupying lesion, orientative for renal malignancy. She was transferred to the urology department and operated. Both intraoperatory and histological diagnosis was ischemic infarction and, after exclusion of all possible underlying causes, final diagnosis was idiopathic renal infarction. Diagnostic procedures and literature reports are discussed.


Assuntos
Infarto/complicações , Infarto/diagnóstico , Rim/irrigação sanguínea , Dor/etiologia , Adulto , Angiografia , Cólica/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Tratamento de Emergência , Feminino , Hemoglobinúria/etiologia , Humanos , Infarto/metabolismo , Infarto/cirurgia , Nefropatias/diagnóstico , L-Lactato Desidrogenase/sangue , Leucocitose/etiologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Am J Emerg Med ; 17(7): 672-4, 1999 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10597086

RESUMO

Research has identified circadian and seasonal patterns for several acute cardiovascular diseases. In order to investigate the possible existence of a seasonal variation in the onset of acute nontraumatic ruptures of thoracic aorta, this study considered all patients referred to the emergency department of St Anna Hospital of Ferrara, Italy, from January 1985 to December 1996. In the considered period, 85 patients (52 males, 33 females) of nontraumatic ruptures of thoracic aorta were observed. Cosinor analysis and partial Fourier series with up to 4 harmonics were applied to monthly data, and the best-fitting curves for circannual rhythmicity were calculated. A higher winter occurrence with a significant peak in January was found for the total population and the male subgroup. Although the underlying factors are not fully known, such patterns strictly resemble that of arterial blood pressure. Emergency doctors can put to practical use the recognition of a clearly identified chronorisk for aortic rupture, increasing alertness, and providing the most effective antihypertensive protection at the specific vulnerable periods.


Assuntos
Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica/epidemiologia , Aneurisma da Aorta Torácica/etiologia , Ruptura Aórtica/epidemiologia , Ruptura Aórtica/etiologia , Estações do Ano , Distribuição por Idade , Idoso , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência/tendências , Feminino , Análise de Fourier , Hospitais de Ensino/tendências , Humanos , Hipertensão/complicações , Itália/epidemiologia , Masculino , Encaminhamento e Consulta/tendências , Fatores de Risco , Ruptura Espontânea , Distribuição por Sexo , Fatores de Tempo
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J Int Med Res ; 27(3): 130-3, 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10505302

RESUMO

The aim of the study was to verify whether there is a seasonal pattern in the occurrence of cranial nerve paralysis. All patients admitted to the Emergency Department of St Anna Hospital, Ferrara, Italy, from 1 January 1991 to 31 December 1997, were reviewed. Cranial nerve paralysis was diagnosed in 126 cases: the oculomotor nerve accounted for 46 cases, the trochlear nerve for 14, and the abducens nerve for 66. The frequencies of cases involving the oculomotor nerve and of all cases were significantly higher in winter than in the other seasons. Compared with other 2-month periods, the highest number of total cases occurred in November to December. Chronobiological analysis of the data for individual months showed a rhythmic 12-month pattern for the total population, with a weakly significant peak in January.


Assuntos
Nervos Cranianos , Paralisia , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estações do Ano
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