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S Fonda

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Pattern reversal visually evoked potentials in general anesthesia.

Various authors have tried to determine visual acuity both electrophysiologically (Sokol, 1976 and 1978; Marg et al., 1976; Maffei and Fiorentini, 1977) and with psychophysical methods (Teller et al., 1974; Banks and Salapatek, 1976; Atkinson et al., 1976) in awake children. Our experiments try to verify the possibility of assessing visual acuity in children under Ethrane anesthesia. We conclude that under Ethrane anesthesia VEPs produced by phase-alternating square-wave gratings do not allow a fine assessment of visual acuity. Gross indications of visual acuity can however be obtained.

Adolescent↗

Relative photometric measurements of retinal circulation (dromofluorograms): a televison technique.

Television fluoroangiography is used in order to obtain fluorescein dilution curves (dromofluorograms [From the Greek word: epsilon rho omicron mu omicron, which means flowing. We coined this word because dilution curves do not afford a true measurement of the blood circulation, or simply of a dilution, but of the fluorescein transport in the circulation!] from single retinal vessels. An optical fiber conveys the light from a single retinal artery, vein, or any other retinal area on the video screen to a photomultiplier. After low-pass electronic filtration, the dilution curves are recorded on a strip-chart recorder. The measurements considered are all related to time: the time interval between initial instants of the arterial and venous curve; the time interval between maximum instants; the arterial and venous curve rising times. It is seen that (1) the method is sensitive enough to enable variations in the quantities in pathologic cases to be detected; (2) owing to the great variability from part to part of the vessels, it is important to specify where the retinal dromofluorogram has been recorded.

Collagen Diseases↗