Edward J. Driscoll
National Institutes of Health
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Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology | 1963
Michael F. Barile; Edward A. Graykowski; Edward J. Driscoll; Donald B. Riggs
Abstract Pure cultures of a transitional L form isolated from numerous lesions in three aphthous stomatitis patients examined suggest that a relationship exists between the L form of bacteria and the pathogenesis of this disease and that some cases of recurrent aphthous stomatitis may be infectious in nature. The “L form theory” presented proposes that the stable L form variant of pathogenic bacteria is the dormant-carrier agent in recurrent aphthous ulcerations.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology | 1958
John H. Duffy; Edward J. Driscoll
Abstract We have presented a description of the effects of leukemia and the antileukemia drugs on the oral tissues. There are set forth suggestions for dental prophylactic and therapeutic care of leukemia patients, based on clinical and histopathologic findings.
Anesthesia & Analgesia | 1980
Stephen S. Gelfman; Richard H. Gracely; Edward J. Driscoll; Donald P. Butler; James B. Sweet; Peggy R. Wirdzek
Recovery of psychomotor and perceptual performance from two combinations of intravenous sedatives was assessed in 124 oral surgical patients undergoing third molar extractions under local infiltration anesthesia. Ninety-four patients in the experimental group received 15 mg of diazepam and 20 to 200 mg of methohexital intravenously on one occasion and 12.5 mg of diazepam, 20 to 200 mg of methohexital, and 0.1 mg of fentanyl intravenously on another occasion in a randomized, crossover design. Thirty patients in the control group received saline placebo intravenously during a single surgery. Both drug combinations produced significantly prolonged decrements in performance in comparison to placebo. Reduction in the diazepam dose from 15 to 12.5 mg and the addition of fentanyl, a short-acting narcotic, produced greater sedation without prolonging recovery. Psychomotor function recovered to preoperative levels before perceptual performance. These results show that postsurgical deficits in psychomotor and perceptual function result from the sedative drugs and not from the effects of local anesthetics or physiologic and psychological responses to surgery. These results also suggest that psychomotor tests are inappropriate measures of recovery and that superior sedation with rapid recovery may be achieved with reduced doses of longer acting agents such as diazepam and with the addition of shorter acting agents that do not prolong recovery.
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 1983
Raymond A. Dionne; Edward J. Driscoll; Donald P. Butler; Peggy R. Wirdzek; James P. Sweet
The cardiovascular and respiratory effects of three common intravenous premedicants were examined noninvasively in a population of 20 dental outpatients scheduled for surgical removal of third-molars. Two third molars from one side of the mouth were removed at each appointment. Group 1 received a diazepam titration (mean dose = 25.6 mgs) at one appointment and placebo at the other appointment. Group 2 received a combination of diazepam (12.5 mg), fentanyl (0.1 mg), and methohexital (mean dose = 18.0 mg) at one appointment and the combination of diazepam (15.0 mg) and methohexital (mean dose = 27.0 mg) at the other appointment. Noninvasive measurement of cardiac output revealed little change during intravenous drug administration, but a significant increase was seen in all groups following local anesthesia and during surgery. Heart rate was elevated and stroke volume decreased during administration of the two-drug combinations. Oxygen saturation was greatly decreased following the combination of diazepam, fentanyl, and methohexital. These findings indicate that the combination of diazepam, fentanyl, and methohexital results in decreased oxygen saturation, a transient decrease in stroke volume, and an elevated heart rate when used as an intravenous premedicant for dental outpatients.
Journal of the American Dental Association | 1980
Ellis N. Cohen; Byron W. Brown; Marion L. Wu; Charles Whitcher; Jay B. Brodsky; Helen C. Gift; William Greenfield; Thomas W. Jones; Edward J. Driscoll
Journal of the American Dental Association | 1960
Morrison Rogosa; Edward G. Hampp; Thomas A. Nevin; Henry N. Wagner; Edward J. Driscoll; Paul N. Baer
Journal of oral surgery | 1981
Raymond A. Dionne; Edward J. Driscoll; S. S. Gelfman; James B. Sweet; Donald P. Butler; Peggy R. Wirdzek
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology | 1961
F.W. Wertheimer; Edward J. Driscoll; Harold R. Stanley
Journal of oral surgery | 1979
S. S. Gelfman; Richard H. Gracely; Edward J. Driscoll; Peggy R. Wirdzek; Donald P. Butler; James B. Sweet
Journal of oral surgery | 1979
Edward J. Driscoll; S. S. Gelfman; James B. Sweet; Donald P. Butler; Wirdzck Pr; Medlin T