Long-Lasting Efficacy of Radio Electric Asymmetric Conveyer Neuromodulation Treatment on Functional Dysmetria, an Adaptive Motor Behavior.

Background Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is widely defined as the deviation from perfect bilateral symmetry and is considered an epigenetic measure of environmental stress. Rinaldi and Fontani hypothesized that the FA morpho-functional changes originate from an adaptive motor behavior determined by functional alterations in the cerebellum and neural circuits, not caused by a lesion, but induced by environmental stress. They called this phenomenon functional dysmetria (FD). On this premise, they developed the radio electric asymmetric conveyer (REAC) technology, a neuromodulation technology aimed at optimizing the best neuro-psycho-motor strategies in relation to environmental interaction. Aims Previous studies showed that specific REAC neuro postural optimization (NPO) treatment can induce stable FD recovery. This study aimed to verify the duration of the NPO effect in inducing the stable FD recovery over time. Materials and methods Data were retrospectively collected from a population of 29,794 subjects who underwent a specific semiological FD assessment and received the NPO treatment, regardless of the pathology referred. Results The analysis of the data collected by the various participants in the study led us to ascertain the disappearance of FD in 100% of the cases treated, with a stability of the result detected up to 18 years after the single administration of the REAC NPO treatment. Conclusions The REAC NPO neurobiological modulation treatment consisting of a single administration surprisingly maintains a very long efficacy in the correction of FD. This effect can be explained as the long-lasting capacity of the NPO treatment to induce greater functional efficiency of the brain dynamics as proven in previous studies.

Choque séptico: fatores de risco em pediatria / Septic shock: risk factors in pediatrics

Realizou-se um estudo retrospectivo de 49 pacientes admitidos na UTI Pediátrica do Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio (Porto Alegre-RS - Brasil) com diagnóstico de choque séptico (CS). Estes casos foram avaliados nos seus fatores de risco e evoluçäo do CS. A taxa de mortalidade foi de 57,1% (28/49), e os principais fatores de risco foram: desnutriçäo (63% dos casos); uso prévio de antibióticos (85%); leuco e (ou) neutropenia (24%); provas de coagulaçäo alteradas (80%); e a necessidade de ventilaçäo mecânica (70%). Comparam-se estes achados com os dados da literatura