A 78-year-old male patient had chronic, unrelieved abdominal pain due to mesenteric ischaemia. Unsuccessful pharmacological approaches included oral morphine plus coadjuvants as well as a sympathetic celiac plexus block which gave pain relief that lasted for 72 h. In order to obtain long-lasting relief, a trial epidural stimulating electrode was implanted after obtaining informed consent and Ethical Committee approval. Complete analgesia was achieved during a trial period of 2 weeks. Thereafter, a spinal cord stimulator was implanted. At the time of writing, 11 months after implantation, the degree of analgesia is complete. We believe that spinal cord stimulation may represent an alternative approach in controlling pain due to mesenteric ischaemia.
SUMMARYT he aim of our study is to evaluate the influence of several factors such as age, wanted pregnancy, education level, etc, on final stages pregnant women's attitude and perception of pregnancy. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out with over 36 weeks pregnant women undergoing routine cardiotocographic check-ups in the Foetal Welfare outpatients unit at the Maternity-Children's hospital (Ciudad de Jaén Hospital). Kumar et al's attitude and maternal adaptation questionnaire (1984) was used. The results obtained suggest that a wanted pregnancy is closely linked to a high degree of satisfaction throughout pregnancy, that marital status has a determinant influence on wanted pregnancies, and that affection showed by pregnant women's partners increases proportionally to the number of pregnancies.KEY WORDS: pregnancy, attitude, perception, adaptation RESUMEN E l objetivo de nuestro estudio es evaluar la influencia de diversos factores como la edad, planificación del embarazo, nivel de estudios, etc. sobre la actitud y percepción del embarazo que tiene la mujer gestante en la recta final del mismo. Se ha realizado un estudio descriptivo transversal, en mujeres embarazadas más de 36 semanas que se sometían a revisiones rutinarias de cardiotocografía en la consulta de bienestar fetal del hospital Materno-Infantil perteneciente al Complejo Hospitalario Ciudad de Jaén. El instrumento usado ha sido el cuestionario de actitud y adaptación maternal de Kumar y cols. (1984). Los resultados obtenidos en el estudio nos muestran que el hecho de que el embarazo sea deseado esta íntimamente ligado a un alto grado de satisfacción de la gestante en todo el proceso del embarazo, el estado civil influye de manera determinante en el deseo del embarazo, y el afecto mostrado por la pareja de la gestante aumente proporcionalmente con el número de embarazos.
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