[Vegetables as new psychoactive drugs: a narrative review]. / Vegetales como nuevas drogas psicoactivas: una revisión narrativa.

There is growing interest in plants with psychoactive effects among consumers with different levels of experience. This has generated a need for updated knowledge among medical professionals and other health workers. These plants, which may be used in shamanic healing ceremonies or rituals or just for traditional purposes, have emerged in the Western world as new psychoactive drugs; largely thanks to the ease of purchase, sale, cultivation and exchange of information that the Internet offers. This review summarizes the current knowledge about the most important psychoactive plants, either by their mention in Internet forums or harm-reduction portals or by their allusion in scientific texts.

Existe un interés creciente en los vegetales con efectos psicoactivos por parte de consumidores, con diferentes niveles de experiencia. Esto ha generado una necesidad de actualización de conocimientos del lado de los profesionales médicos y de otros responsables de la salud pública. Se trata, por lo general, de plantas de uso en ceremonias chamánicas con intención curativa, en rituales o simplemente de uso tradicional que han dado el salto al mundo occidental como nuevas drogas psicoactivas, en gran medida gracias a la facilidad de compra, venta, cultivo e intercambio de información que ofrece Internet. Recopilamos en este texto los vegetales con propiedades psicoactivas más relevantes, tanto por su frecuente mención en foros de usuarios o en portales destinados a la reducción de daños en el consumo de drogas, como por su aparición en textos científicos.

New Psychoactive Drugs.

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Nuevas Drogas Psicoactivas / New Psychoactive Drugs

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Knowledge of correct blood pressure measurement procedures among medical and nursing students.

This study reports on the level of knowledge about correct blood pressure (BP) measurement procedures among 175 third-year and 176 sixth-year students at a medical faculty and 58 third-year students at a nursing college. Only 51.8% of all students thought that they knew how to measure BP correctly (28.6% in the third year and 61.9% in the sixth year at the medical faculty and 91.4% at the nursing college). Among sixth-year medical students, 12.5% knew the appropriate cuff size, 35% that the stethoscope diaphragm should not be placed under the cuff, and 43% that the cuff deflation rate affects BP measurement. Among nursing students, 33% knew the appropriate cuff size, 22% that an outpatient's BP should be measured more than once during each visit, and 55% that a diagnosis of hypertension can only be made if the BP is elevated on more than one visit.

Conocimientos sobre los procedimientos correctos de medición de la presión arterial entre estudiantes universitarios de ciencias de la salud / Knowledge of correct blood pressure measurement procedures among medical and nursing students

Este trabajo describe los conocimientos sobre los procedimientos correctos de medición de la presión arterial (PA) entre 175 estudiantes de tercer curso y 176 de sexto curso de una facultad de medicina y 58 de tercer curso de una escuela de enfermería. Sólo el 51,8% de los estudiantes consideraban que sabían medir correctamente la PA (el 28,6% en tercero de medicina, el 61,9% en sexto y el 91,4% en enfermería). En sexto de medicina, el 12,5% conocía el tamaño apropiado del manguito; el 35%, que el diafragma del estetoscopio no debe introducirse debajo del manguito, y el 43%, que la velocidad de desinflado del manguito influye en la PA. En enfermería, el 33% conocía el tamaño adecuado del manguito; el 22%, que la PA ambulatoria debe medirse más de una vez en cada visita, y el 55%, que el diagnóstico de hipertensión requiere tener la PA elevada en más de una visita (AU)

This study reports on the level of knowledge about correct blood pressure (BP) measurement procedures among 175 third-year and 176 sixth-year students at a medical faculty, and 58 third-year students at a nursing college. Only 51.8% of all students thought that they knew how to measure BP correctly (28.6% in the third year, and 61.9% in the sixth year at the medical faculty, and 91.4% at the nursing college). Among sixth-year medical students, 12.5% knew the appropriate cuff size, 35% that the stethoscope diaphragm should not be placed under the cuff, and 43% that the cuff deflation rate affects BP measurement. Among nursing students, 33% knew the appropriate cuff size, 22% that an outpatient’s BP should be measured more than once during each visit, and 55% that a diagnosis of hypertension can only be made if the BP is elevated on more than one visit (AU)