sábado, 10 de septiembre de 2011

Book review


On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

The Continental Motors plant in Detroit, Michigan.

'That Used to Be Us'

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN AND MICHAEL MANDELBAUM
Reviewed by DAVID FRUM
Stepping forward as "frustrated optimists," Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum address the grim situation of a slumping American economy.
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Christopher Hitchens

'Arguably: Essays'

By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Reviewed by BILL KELLER
Christopher Hitchens's latest essays bear "the full consciousness that they might be my very last."

'The Art of Fielding'

By CHAD HARBACH
Reviewed by GREGORY COWLES
This first novel revolves around a gifted but vulnerable ballplayer.

Arab Springs

Torture victims in pictures found at a police station in Zawiyah, Libya, in April.

'Anatomy Of a Disappearance'

By HISHAM MATAR
Reviewed by ROBERT F. WORTH
In the Libyan writer Hisham Matar's second novel, the protagonist's father, an exiled dissident, is kidnapped.
Hissa Hilal was the first woman in the final round of the TV show

'Rock The Casbah '

By ROBIN WRIGHT
Reviewed by MOHAMAD BAZZI
Robin Wright contends that the Arab world's young people are at the vanguard of a sweeping and seductive cultural revolution.
Traces of Al Qaeda's presence in an abandoned house in Afghanistan, November 2001.

'The Missing Martyrs'

By CHARLES KURZMAN
Reviewed by BERNARD HAYKEL
A decade after 9/11, a sociologist says the mystery isn't why so many Muslims turn to terrorism, but why so few.
Hart Crane on the roof of 110 Columbia Heights, where he began

'Literary Brooklyn'

By EVAN HUGHES
Reviewed by SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS
Starting with Walt Whitman, writers have flocked to Brooklyn.

'Crossbones'

By NURUDDIN FARAH
Reviewed by HIRSH SAWHNEY
Nuruddin Farah's novel offers a close look at Somalia, and its pirates.
Queen of the galaxy: Jane Fonda in the 1968 film

'Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman'

By PATRICIA BOSWORTH
Reviewed by VANESSA GRIGORIADIS
Actor, sex kitten, political activist, exercise guru, philanthropist: Jane Fonda is constantly evolving.

'Birds of Paradise'

By DIANA ABU-JABER
Reviewed by CRISTINA GARCÍA
Diana Abu-Jaber's novel presents the lushness of Miami, and a teenager lost in it.
An etching of Vasco da Gama

'Holy War'

By NIGEL CLIFF
Reviewed by ERIC ORMSBY
Vasco da Gama hoped to recruit Indian Christians against Islam.
Parallel lives: Lucette Lagnado with her mother, Edith, in 1968.

'The Arrogant Years'

By LUCETTE LAGNADO
Reviewed by DEB OLIN UNFERTH
Lucette Lagnado's tenacious mother is at the heart of this memoir, a follow-up to "The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit."
Down at the heels: Binghamton, N.Y., hopes to see better days.

'The Neighborhood Project'

By DAVID SLOAN WILSON
Reviewed by JERRY A. COYNE
David Sloan Wilson wants to apply the principles of evolutionary biology to solve everyday community problems.
Beryl Bainbridge

'The Girl In the Polka-Dot Dress'

By BERYL BAINBRIDGE
Reviewed by WILLIAM BOYD
Robert Kennedy's assassination and a 20-something Englishwoman come together in Beryl Bainbridge's posthumous novel.

Fármacos adyuvantes por vía neuroaxial


Fármacos adyuvantes por vía neuroaxial
Dr. José Emilio Mille-Loera, Dr. Alfonso Ramírez-Guerrero, Dr. Guillermo Aréchiga-Ornelas
Subdirector de Servicios Médicos. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México.
Anestesiólogo Hospital Médica Sur, México.
Jefe de la Unidad de Dolor Perioperatorio. Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital General de Occidente, Guadalajara, Jal.
Revista Mexicana de Anestesiología Vol. 33. Supl. 1, Abril-Junio 2010
INTRODUCCIÓN
Los analgésicos opioides han sido reconocidos durante mucho tiempo, como el tratamiento más efectivo para el dolor. En el siglo 17, Thomas Sydenham (Médico Inglés) escribió: «Acerca de los remedios con los que Dios otorgó al hombre para aliviar su sufrimiento, ninguno es tan universal y tan eficaz como el opio». Pese a su gran capacidad para aliviar el dolor, los opioides tienen un importante número de efectos colaterales desagradables, como las náuseas, vómito, prurito, tolerancia, retención urinaria y depresión respiratoria. Durante cientos de años, estos
medicamentos fueron usados sin conocer su mecanismo de acción. No fue sino hasta 1971 cuando se conocieron los primeros receptores específicos en el cerebro y la médula espinal. 
http://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/rma/cma-2010/cmas101e.pdf  
Atentamente
Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor

En este día...

ON THIS DAY

On This Day: September 10

On Sept. 10, 1919, New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who had served in the United States 1st Division during World War I.
On Sept. 10, 1934, Roger Maris, the professional baseball player who held the record for home runs in a single season from 1961 to 1998, was born. Following his death on Dec. 14, 1985, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1608John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
1813Oliver H. Perry sent the message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after an American naval force defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.
1846Elias Howe of Spencer, Mass., received a patent for the sewing machine.
1919New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who had served in the U.S. 1st Division during World War I.
1924A judge in Chicago sentenced Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb to life in prison for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks - a "thrill killing" that had shocked the nation.
1935Sen. Huey P. Long, the "Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, died two days after being shot in Baton Rouge.
1948American-born Mildred Gillars, the Nazi wartime radio broadcaster known as "Axis Sally," was indicted in Washington, D.C., for treason.
1955"Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS.
1963Twenty black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Tuskegee and Mobile, Ala., following a standoff between federal authorities and Gov. George C. Wallace.
1977A convicted murderer became the last person to be executed by the guillotine in France.
1988Steffi Graf of West Germany achieved tennis' Grand Slam - winning all four major tournaments in a calendar year - by taking the U.S. Open women's title.
2000The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" closed after 7,485 performances over nearly 18 years as the longest-running show in Broadway history.
2000NBC's "The West Wing" won a record nine Emmy awards, including best drama series.
2002Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.
2003Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, 46, was stabbed in a Stockholm department store; she died the next day.

Current Birthdays

Colin Firth, Actor
Actor Colin Firth turns 51 years old today.
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
Ryan Phillippe, Actor
Actor Ryan Phillippe turns 37 years old today.
AP Photo/Peter Kramer
1929Arnold Palmer, Golfer, turns 82
1931Philip Baker Hall, Actor, turns 80
1945Jose Feliciano, Singer, turns 66
1948Bob Lanier, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 63
1950Joe Perry, Rock musician (Aerosmith), turns 61
1953Amy Irving, Actress, turns 58
1957Kate Burton, Actress, turns 54
1960David Lowery, Rock singer, musician, turns 51
1963Randy Johnson, Baseball player, turns 48
1963Sean O'Bryan, Actor, turns 48
1964John E. Sununu, Former U.S. senator, R-N.H., turns 47
1968Big Daddy Kane, Rapper, turns 43
1968Guy Ritchie, Director, turns 43
1976Gustavo Kuerten, Tennis player, turns 35
1980Mikey Way, Rock musician (My Chemical Romance), turns 31
1984Matthew Followill, Rock musician (Kings of Leon), turns 27
1974Sanjaya Malakar, Singer ("American Idol"), turns 37

Historic Birthdays

?Alonso Perez Medina-Sidonia 9/10/1550 - ?/?/1619
Spanish naval commander
83Sir John Soane 9/10/1753 - 1/20/1837
English Neoclassical architect
74William Torrey Harris 9/10/1835 - 11/5/1909
American public school educator and philosopher
92John Lynch 9/10/1847 - 11/2/1939
American politician; served in Mississippi legislature and U.S. Congress during Reconstruction
64Carl Van Doren 9/10/1885 - 7/18/1950
American novelist, biographer and critic
54Franz Werfel 9/10/1890 - 8/26/1945
German Expressionist poet, playwright and novelist
83Elsa Schiaparelli 9/10/1890 - 11/13/1973
Italian-born French dress designer
69Arthur Holly Compton 9/10/1892 - 3/15/1962
American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1927)
71Cyril Connolly 9/10/1903 - 11/26/1974
English critic, novelist and founder of Horizon magazine

Manejo del dolor por cáncer: información básica para el algólogo joven


Manejo del dolor por cáncer: información básica para el algólogo joven
Cancer pain management: Basic information for the young pain physicians.
Rana S, Gupta R, Chaudhary P, Khurana D, Mishra S, Bhatnagar S. 
Indian J Palliat Care 2011;17:127-30
Cancer pain is multifactorial and complex. The impact of cancer pain is devastating, with increased morbidity and poor quality of life, if not treated adequately. Cancer pain management is a challenging task both due to disease process as well as a consequence of treatment-related side-effects. Optimization of analgesia with oral opioids, adjuvant analgesics, and advanced pain management techniques is the key to success for cancer pain. Early access of oral opioid and interventional pain management techniques can overcome the barriers of cancer pain, with improved quality of life. With timely and proper anticancer therapy, opioids, nerve blocks, and other non-invasive techniques like psychosocial care, satisfactory pain relief can be achieved in most of the patients. Although the WHO Analgesic Ladder is effective for more than 80% cancer pain, addition of appropriate adjuvant drugs along with early intervention is needed for improved Quality of Life. Effective cancer pain treatment requires a holistic approach with timely assessment, measurement of pain, pathophysiology involved in causing particular type of pain, and understanding of drugs to relieve pain with timely inclusion of intervention. Careful evaluation of psychosocial and mental components with good communication is necessary. Barriers to cancer pain management should be overcome with an interdisciplinary approach aiming to provide adequate analgesia with minimal side-effects. Management of cancer pain should comprise not only a physical component but also psychosocial and mental components and social need of the patient. With risk-benefit analysis, interventional techniques should be included in an early stage of pain treatment. This article summarizes the need for early and effective pain management strategies, awareness regarding pain control, and barriers of cancer pain.
Atentamente
Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor

viernes, 9 de septiembre de 2011

Infiltración intraincisional vs. intraperitoneal de anestésico local para el control temprano del dolor post colecistectomía laparoscópica


Infiltración intraincisional vs. intraperitoneal de anestésico local para el control temprano del dolor post colecistectomía laparoscópica 
Intraincisional vs intraperitoneal infiltration of local anaesthetic for controlling early post-laparoscopic cholecystectomy pain.
El-labban GM, Hokkam EN, El-labban MA, Morsy K, Saadl S, Heissam KS.J Min Access Surg 2011;7:173-7

Background: The study was designed to compare the effect of intraincisional vs intraperitoneal infiltration of levobupivacaine 0.25% on post-operative pain in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Materials and Methods: This randomised controlled study was carried out on 189 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Group 1 was the control group and did not receive either intraperitoneal or intraincisional levobupivacaine. Group 2 was assigned to receive local infiltration (intraincisional) of 20 ml solution of levobupivacaine 0.25%, while Group 3 received 20 ml solution of levobupivacaine 0.25% intraperitoneally. Post-operative pain was recorded for 24 hours post-operatively. Results: Post-operative abdominal pain was significantly lower with intraincisional infiltration of levobupivacaine 0.25% in group 2. This difference was reported from 30 minutes till 24 hours post-operatively. Right shoulder pain showed significantly lower incidence in group 2 and group 3 compared to control group. Although statistically insignificant, shoulder pain was less in group 3 than group 2. Conclusion: Intraincisional infiltration of levobupivacaine is more effective than intraperitoneal route in controlling post-operative abdominal pain. It decreases the need for rescue analgesia.

http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2011;volume=7;issue=3;spage=173;epage=177;aulast=El-labban 
Atentamente
Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor

jueves, 8 de septiembre de 2011

Development of Antiretroviral Drug Resistance


The new england journal of medicine
august 18, 2011
Development of Antiretroviral Drug Resistance
Mark A. Wainberg, Ph.D., Gerasimos J. Zaharatos, M.D.,and Bluma G. Brenner, Ph.D.


Lesión pulmonar aguda inducida por transfusión TRALI


Lesión pulmonar aguda producida por transfusión
J.M. Añón, A.García de Lorenzo, M.Quintana, E.González y M.J. Bruscas
Med Intensiva.2010;34(2):139-149
Resumen
El término TRALI (transfusion related acute lung injury ¨ lesión pulmonar aguda producida por transfusión¨) fue acuñado en1985. Es un síndrome clínico relativamente raro, que puede constituir una amenaza para la vida y que se caracteriza por insuficiencia respiratoria aguda y edema pulmonar no cardiogénico durante o después de una transfusión de productos hemáticos. Aunque su verdadera incidencia es desconocida se le ha atribuido un caso por cada 5.000 transfusiones de cualquier producto hemático y ha sido la causa más frecuente de muerte relacionada con la transfusión durante 3 años en Estados Unidos. Se han propuesto2etiologıas. La primera es un episodio mediado por anticuerpos debido a la transfusión de anticuerpos contra el antígeno leucocitario o anticuerpos antigranulocito a pacientes cuyos leucocitos presentan antígenos afines. La segunda es un modelo en el que se precisan 2 eventos: el primero está relacionado con el cuadro clínico del receptor (sepsis, trauma, etc.) que produce activación endotelial y secuestro de neutrófilos, y el segundo es la transfusión de sustancias con capacidad de modificar la respuesta biológica que  activa los leucocitos adheridos que produce daño endotelial y aumento de permeabilidad capilar. El tratamiento es de soporte en función de la gravedad del cuadro clínico, y la prevención se centra en 3 estrategias: selección de donantes, actuación sobre el almacenamiento de los productos hemáticos y evitar las transfusiones innecesarias.

Archivo en PDF 
 
 Lesión pulmonar aguda relacionada a la transfusión: un cambio de perspectiva
Transfusion-related acute lung injury: a change of perspective.
Vlaar AP, Schultz MJ, Juffermans NP.
Laboratory of Experimental Intensive Care and Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. a.p.vlaar@amc.uva.nl
Neth J Med. 2009 Nov;67(10):320-6.
Abstract
Two decades ago, transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) was considered a rare complication of transfusion medicine. Nowadays, TRALI has emerged as the leading cause of transfusion-related mortality, presumably as a consequence of reaching international agreement on defining TRALI with subsequent increased recognition and reporting of TRALI cases. Specific patient populations such as critically ill patients have an increased risk of developing TRALI, which may be explained by the two-event hypothesis. The first event is the underlying condition of the patient resulting in priming of neutrophils. The second event is the transfusion of a blood product, after which either antibodies or bioactive lipids activate the primed neutrophils, resulting in pulmonary oedema. As opposed to the traditional view that TRALI has a good prognosis, TRALI may have a significant impact on morbidity and outcome, at least in specific patient groups. The association of transfusion with adverse outcome calls for blood product and donor management strategies aimed at decreasing the risk of acquiring TRALI. Excluding female donors from plasma donation seems to have reduced, but not prevented the occurrence of TRALI . Additional research is needed to determine whether the use of fresh blood products may be an additional measure to reduce TRALI. Studies are also needed to identify at-risk patients. In these studies, we advocate the use of the consensus definition to improve comparability of risk factors and outcome of TRALI across patient populations.

http://www.njmonline.nl/getpdf.php?id=10000516 
 

Identificación de anticuerpos específicos contra los antígenos de leucocitos humanos en donadores de sangre
 Identification of specificities of antibodies against human leukocyte antigens in blood donors.
Endres RO, Kleinman SH, Carrick DM, Steele WR, Wright DJ, Norris PJ, Triulzi D, Kakaiya R, Busch MP; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II.
Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California 85282, USA.rendres@bloodsystems.org
Transfusion. 2010 Aug;50(8):1749-60. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02589.x. Epub 2010 Feb 11.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) is the leading cause of transfusion-related mortality. Blood centers are implementing TRALI risk reduction strategies based on screening apheresis donors for antibodies to human leukocyte antigens (HLA). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: HLA antibody screening was performed on 7920 blood donors from the Leukocyte Antibody Prevalence Study (LAPS) using Luminex-based normalized background (NBG) cutoff ratios of 10.8 (Class I) and 6.9 (Class II). Single antigen bead (SAB) assay cutoffs of 2500 median fluorescence intensity units (Class I) and 1500 (Class II) were established based on results of two subpopulations of LAPS donors. Antibody frequencies against HLA A, B, C, DR, DQ, and DP antigens were determined for screen-reactive donors with prior pregnancies. RESULTS: SAB reactivity for samples above our multiantigen bead NBG cutoffs was 78% for Class I and 79% for Class II. The SAB-positive rate increased among women with zero to four or more pregnancies (0.3%-15.6% Class I and 0.4%-18% Class II; p < 0.00001). The highest frequency antibodies were DR11 and B15 (4.4% of women with prior pregnancies). The majority of Class I positives contained more than five specificities. For Class II, antibody-positive women segregated into two groups: a single specificity or more than five specificities. CONCLUSIONS: Identification of HLA antigen specificities supports pregnancy associations previously found with screening assays. The significance of particular HLA specificities for inducing TRALI is currently being evaluated in a large lookback study of recipients of high-plasma-volume components from this donor cohort.
Atentamente
Dr. Enrique Hernández-Cortez
Anestesiología y Medicina del Dolor

miércoles, 7 de septiembre de 2011

Seminario de la Realidad Bibliotecológica


Seminario de la Realidad Bibliotecológica

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UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS
FACULTAD DE LETRAS Y CIENCIAS HUMANAS
ESCUELA ACADÉMICO PROFESIONAL DE BIBLIOTECOLOGÍA Y CIENCIAS DE LAINFORMACIÓN

Los alumnos de la Escuela Académico Profesional de Bibliotecología y Ciencias de la Información del VIII ciclo, Grupo I, se complacen en invitar al ciclo de conferencias del Seminario de la Realidad Bibliotecológica:

Tema:

Machu Picchu y su recuperación bibliográfica y documental

Ponente:

Dra. Mariana Mould de Pease

Gestora de la Colección Franklin Pease G.Y. para la historia andina del Perú, BNP.


Fecha : Miércoles 21 de Setiembre

Hora : 6:15 p.m.

Lugar : Auditorio Principal de la Facultad de Letras y Ciencias Humanas de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Ingreso libre. Capacidad limitada


Informes y confirmación de asistencia:

coordinador.sb2011@gmail.com