Obesidad en la infancia: Diagnóstico y tratamiento

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Abstract

Se trata de abordar el diagnóstico y tratamiento de la obesidad en los niños y adolescentes, pues la obesidad es una afección reemergente en la población infantil y se estima que alrededor de 1/3 de todos los niños son obesos, de ahí la importancia de un diagnóstico precoz y un tratamiento oportuno. Además preocupa el incremento notorio de los factores ambientales responsables de su determinismo, así como los problemas psicosociales, ortopédicos y de diversa índole que la acompañan. La obesidad es un factor de riesgo asociado en la génesis o desarrollo de las enfermedades crónicas no trasmisibles, por lo tanto es necesario mejorar el conocimiento en el diagnóstico e institucionalizar programas comunitarios para su tratamiento y prevención.

Translated abstract

The diagnosis and treatment of obesity in children and adolescents are dealt with in this paper, since obesity is considered as a reemerging affection in the infant population. It is estimated that approximately one third of all children are obese and that’s why its early diagnosis and timely treatment are so important. Besides, the significant increase of the environmental factors responsible for its determinisn, as well as the psychosocial and orthopedic problems and others of diverse nature accompanying it have arisen a lot of concern. Obesity is a risk factor associated with the genesis or development of non-communicable chronic diseases; therefore, it is necessary to improve the knowledge about its diagnosis and to institutionalize community programs for its treatment and prevention.

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Variations of autonomic tone preceding onset of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Carlo Dimmer, Rene Tavernier, Nikola Gjorgov … (1998)

Assessment of autonomic tone preceding the onset of atrial fibrillation (AF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with heart rate variability was examined in 64 patients scheduled for elective CABG (days 2 to 5). Ninety-six-hour Holter tapes were analyzed in each patient and all events labeled by an experienced technician. The hour preceding AF was divided into 4 quarters (heart rate variability calculated per quarter) and compared with similar time episodes from the group without AF. Twenty-six of 64 patients (40%) had a total of 35 episodes. Only increased age (68+/-5 vs 62+/-9 years) and lower ejection fraction (66+/-16% vs 73+/-8%) were associated with an increased risk for AF. Before onset, a greater number of atrial premature complexes was observed. The standard deviation of all RR intervals (SDNN) showed an increase in the group with AF in the last 15 minutes (significant vs controls and within the AF group). The low-frequency/high-frequency ratio was significantly lower in patients in the first 30 minutes, followed by an increase mainly because the high-frequency spectrum became less important. Thus, initiation of postoperative AF is influenced by autonomic tone variations. A shift in the autonomic balance with a loss of vagal tone and a moderate increase in sympathetic tone are observed before the onset of AF compared with those in controls.