Slipping Rib Syndrome as Persistent Abdominal and Chest Pain.

Slipping rib syndrome is an overlooked cause of persistent abdominal or chest pain. The etiology of this syndrome is not well understood, but the characteristic pain is from hypermobility of the false ribs. Although it is a diagnosis of exclusion, misdiagnosis may lead to an excessive workup. A simple clinical examination via the hooking maneuver is the most significant feature of its diagnosis. We describe the case of a 41-year-old woman with slipping rib syndrome.

Vasopresores en resucitación cardiopulmonar: la controversia continúa / Vasopressors for cardiopulmonary resuscitation

The Advanced Cardiac Life Support proposes the use of vasopressor drugs cardiopulmonary resuscitation, with the primary purpose of effectively and early restoration of spontaneous circulation. However, the increased return of spontaneous circulation with vasopressors has not improved neurological outcome at hospital discharge. Adrenaline has traditionally been the main tool of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidelines despite the lack of conclusive scientific evidence. Therefore other alternatives were considered at experimental level that has have failed to overcome the clinical results of this drug. In contrast to progress on the standardized management of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the controversy regarding the effectiveness of vasopressor therapy remains open in the last years due to lack of clinical data to support their usefulness.

El soporte vital avanzado propone el uso de vasopresores durante la resucitación cardiopulmonar, con la finalidad primordial de reestablecer de manera precoz y efectiva la circulación espontánea. Sin embargo, el aumento del retorno a la circulación espontánea asociada a los vasopresores no ha demostrado una mejoría en el pronóstico neurológico al alta hospitalaria. La adrenalina, ha sido tradicionalmente la herramienta principal de las guías de resucitación cardiopulmonar pese a la falta de evidencia científica concluyente. Por ello se han planteado otras alternativas a nivel experimental que no han logrado superar los resultados de este fármaco a nivel clínico. En contraste con los avances respecto al manejo estandarizado de la resucitación cardiopulmonar, el debate con respecto a la efectividad de la terapia vasopresora se mantiene abierto en los últimos años dada la falta de datos clínicos que corroboren su real utilidad.