Journal of anesthesia
-
Journal of anesthesia · Jan 2007
Case ReportsCirculatory collapse caused by unnoticed hypermagnesemia in a hospitalized patient.
We report a case of hypermagnesemia in a hospitalized patient after prolonged laxative use; due to preexisting impaired consciousness and digestive problems, the hypermagnesemia was difficult to detect until it almost became fatal. A 64-year-old man who was a patient at another hospital for treatment of head injury and gastric ulcer had developed circulatory collapse and was transferred to our hospital. ⋯ A magnesium laxative had been administered for more than a month at the previous hospital, but the patient's serum magnesium level was never measured. Care should be taken when a magnesium laxative is administered to patients who already have impaired consciousness and digestive problems that are early symptoms of hypermagnesemia.
-
Journal of anesthesia · Jan 2007
Effects of traditional "Juci" (contralateral acupuncture) on orofacial nociceptive behavior in the rat.
"Juci", one of the traditional acupuncture techniques, means contralateral acupuncture; i.e., implanting a needle into an acupoint to treat a given disease or disorder, but on the side of the body opposite to the diseased side. The aim of this study was: (1) to assess acupuncture effects on formalin-induced nociceptive behavior in the orofacial region in the rat, and (2) to evaluate the efficacy of Juci in the orofacial formalin test. ⋯ Our results showed that the degree of effectiveness of Juci was similar to that of the ipsilateral acupuncture technique. Therefore, the Juci technique is also useful for the treatment of orofacial pain.