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J Marche

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PubMed1981

[Hypersensitivity of the beta-adrenergic receptors in patients considered as spasmophilic. Results of two stimulation trials with isoprenaline in 105 patients (author's transl)].

Two stimulation trials with isoprenaline were performed in two groups of 50 and 55 patients considered as spasmophilic. The first trial was to check the sensitivity of the beta 1 type cardiac receptors : the average isoprenaline hydrochloride dose raising by 50 p. 100 the rest cardiac rate was equal to 0.147 +/- 0.09 micrograms/kg for 0.23 +/- 0.09 micrograms/kg in the control group. A second trial allowed to stabilize the cardiac rate between + 40 and + 50 p. 100 of its initial value : the symptoms, reappearing during stimulation, under the influence of isoprenaline, were studied. In 43 out of the 50 investigated patients the usual symptoms reappeared, particularly the acrocontractural attacks which were observed then in 46 p. 100 of cases, and sometimes an acute tetanic attack with opisthotonus. All these signs which are characteristic of "the spasmophilic state" seem to relate to vegetative regulation in which the beta-adrenergic component would show the most important : hypersensitivity of the beta receptors might be the common physiological base.

Adult↗
PubMed1981

Influence of propranolol and acebutolol on isoprenaline-induced changes in heart rate and peripheral blood flow in man.

The authors studied the variations in the effects of isoprenaline hydrochloride on heart rate (beta 1) and on peripheral blood flow of the upper extremity (beta 2), determined by plethysmography, in a group of 5 men with a mean age of 31 +/- 3 years. The trial was conducted on a single-blind cross-over basis, each subject being infused over 30 min with propranolol (30 microgram/kg), acebutolol (150 microgram/kg) or a placebo (isotonic glucose solution) with at least an 8-day interval between each administration. At the end of the infusion they received isoprenaline (0.01 to 0.075 microgram/kg, in logarithmic progression) every 15 min, for 1 hour. The doses of isoprenaline were injected randomly using a latin square design. The peripheral flow, assessed by the curve of the initial part of the plethysmogram for the first 10 sec, increased with the dose of isoprenaline in the placebo series (Tg alpha = 219.9 log d + 583.4; p less than .01), did not increase in the propranolol series and increased with the dose in the acebutolol series (Tg alpha = 221.5 log d + 567.7; p less than .01); the variations in flow with isoprenaline after placebo and after acebutolol, did not differ significantly. The hear rate increased with the dose of isoprenaline in the placebo series (+55%) although tachycardia was inhibited by propranolol and acebutolol. Under the experimental conditions of this trial, propranolol inhibited beta 1 and beta 2 receptors at the same time, whereas acebutolol inhibited only beta 1 receptors.

Acebutolol↗
PubMed1979

[Effects of beta blockaders on ventilatory function in chronic bronchitis].

This study was carried out to determine whether beta blockers could be prescribed for patients with coronary insufficiency and chronic bronchitis. The effects of intravenous infusions (30 mn) of propranolol (30 micrograms/kg), practolol 90 micrograms/kg), atenolol (90 micrograms/kg) and acebutolol (150 micrograms/kg) on vital capacity and expiratory flow rates were investigated in chronic bronchitics. Propranolol (n = 51) moderately reduced the vital capacity and FEV1, by an average 9% and a maximum of 20%. The three other infused agents given to groups of 10 patients did not change the ventilatory function. When the same patients were investigated by cross over with propranol bronchoconstriction was observed. This effect was seen in all stages of chronic bronchitis but was much less severe than in a group of 50 asthmatic patients (-23%). The respiratory tolerance of the cardioselective beta blockers seems to be better but there is considerable individual variation and the diagnosis between asthma and chronic bronchitis may itself be very difficult.

Acebutolol↗
PubMed1979

[Symptomatology in 162 patients with spasmophilia (chronic idiopathic or constitutional tetany). A statistical analysis using a computer (author's transl)].

A computer was used for a statistical analysis of the results of treatment in 162 patients (130 women and 32 men with an average age of 29 years), with chronic idiopathic tetany. Symptoms leading to diagnosis were mainly feelings of ill-health (27.2 %), motor disorders (19.7 %), and sensory problems (19.1 %). The onset of acute attacks is related, more especially, to psychogenic factors. The frequency of the various clinical manifestations, and their symptomatic grouping were analyzed. The clinical profile is similar in both sexes apart from 7 of the 89 items: lipothymia, abnormal feelings of warmth, pseudo-contraction of the larynx, abnormalities of the exoskeleton, and digestive disorders are more frequent in women, while precordalgia is more often present in men. Factorial analysis of correspondence between 38 variables reveals a very large dispersion of the variables, as the first three factors, which are the most significant, supply only 30% of the total information. Furthermore, very few variables share significant relationships in each factor. In spite of the amount of information collected, this dispersion of the symptomatology does not permit the definition of one or more profile-types of spasmophilia.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1976

[Asthma and propranolol].

The authors report the results of a study of propranolol perfused intravenously at a dose of 1 mcg/kg/mn during 30 mn to 50 asthmatic patients. The VC decreased by 8.3 and by 10.9% in the middle and at the end of the perfusion. The FEV1 decreased by 18.3 and 23% concomitantly. Classifying patients in 4 groups according to the clinical severeness of the asthma showed that the response to propranolol increased with that severenesse. Exploration of obstructive bronchopneumopathies by propranolol provided valuable data or the differential diagnosis of asthma and chronic bronchitis.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

[Chronic mediastinitis].

Although unfrequent, chronic mediastinites are not exceptional. Their clinical polymorphism results from diversity of the mediastinal content. The superior vena cava syndrome is the most frequent clinical sign. The essential examination is the angiopneumography. Mediastinitis can be associated to other fibrinogenous processes, particularly the retroperitoneal ones. Infectious processes (tuberculosis, various bacteria), parasitic or medicinal (methysergide), are found in the etiology of this affection. Very often the etiological research is negative: recurring lymphotropic respiratory infections appear responsible for these cryptogenetic chronic mediastinites. Surgery is debatable in case of a superior vena cava syndrome. Anti-tuberculous treatment is efficient against related affections.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

[Evaluation of an analgesic activity in man: thermodolorimetery].

The authors propose an experimental technique which makes possible the evaluation in man of the activity of analgesic or anti-inflammatory medications. The principle of thermodolorimetre threshold of painful thermic sensitivity (S.S.T.D. in the french text) which is stable over a period of time in a given individual receiving a placebo but which varies in a significant fashion in groups treated with a medication belonging to one of the two classifications studied.

Administration, Oral↗