TAXONOMIC REVIEW AND PHYLOGENETIC INVESTIGATIONS OF LAVANDULA FROM IRAN AND OMAN

A review of the native Iranian species of Lavandula is presented, including the first recorded occurrence of L. pubescens, new distribution records for L. coronopifolia, and a detailed description and observations of the poorly known endemic L. sublepidota. The phylogenetic relationships of several taxa, including Lavandula sublepidota and L. hasikensis from Oman, are investigated for the first time using molecular data (matK and ITS regions), and changes to the sectional classification are proposed.

Emergence Delirium in children is not related to intraoperative Burst Suppression – prospective, observational Electrography study

Background: Emergence-delirium is the most frequent brain dysfunction in children recovering from general anaesthesia, though the pathophysiological background remains unclear. The presented study analysed an association between emergence delirium and intraoperative Burst Suppression activity in the electroencephalogram, a period of very deep hypnosis during general anaesthesia. Methods: In this prospective, observational cohort study at the Charité - university hospital in Berlin / Germany children aged 0.5 to 8 years, undergoing planned surgery, were included between September 2015 and February 2017. Intraoperative bi-frontal electroencephalograms were recorded. Occurrence and duration of Burst Suppression periods were visually analysed. Emergence delirium was assessed using the Pediatric Assessment of Emergence Delirium Score. Results: From 97 children being analysed within this study, 40 children developed emergence delirium, and 57 children did not. Overall 52% of the children displayed intraoperative Burst Suppression periods; however, occurrence and duration of Burst Suppression (Emergence delirium group 55% / 261+462sec vs. Non-emergence delirium group 49% / 318+531sec) did not differ significantly between both groups. Conclusions: Our data reveal no correlation between the occurrence and duration of intraoperative Burst Suppression activity and the incidence of emergence delirium. Burst Suppression occurrence is frequent; however, it does not seem to have an unfavourable impact on cerebral function at emergence from general anaesthesia in children. Trail registration: NCT02481999, June 25, 2015

Emergence Delirium in children is not related to intraoperative Burst Suppression – prospective, observational Electrography study

Background: Emergence-delirium is the most frequent brain dysfunction in children recovering from general anaesthesia, though the pathophysiological background remains unclear. The presented study analysed an association between emergence delirium and intraoperative burst suppression activity in the electroencephalogram, a period of very deep hypnosis during general anaesthesia. Methods: In this prospective, observational cohort study at the Charité - university hospital in Berlin / Germany children aged 0.5 to 8 years, undergoing planned surgery, were included between September 2015 and February 2017. Intraoperative bi-frontal electroencephalogram were recorded. Occurrence and duration of burst suppression periods were visually analysed. Emergence delirium was assessed with the Pediatric Assessment of Emergence Delirium Score. Results: From 97 children being analysed within this study, 40 children developed emergence delirium, and 57 children did not. Overall 52% of the children displayed intraoperative burst suppression periods; however, occurrence and duration of burst suppression (Emergence delirium group 55% / 261+462sec vs. Non-emergence delirium group 49% / 318+531sec) did not differ between both groups. Conclusions: Our data reveal no correlation between the occurrence and duration of intraoperative burst suppression activity and the incidence of emergence delirium. Burst suppression occurrence is frequent; however, it does not seem to have an unfavourable impact on cerebral function at emergence from general anaesthesia in children.

The first observation of the Levant sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes (Severtzov, 1850) in Slovakia

On May 1 5, 201 2 an individual of Levant sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes was observed at the southern edge of Trebišov town in eastern Slovakia, situated in the Východoslovenská rovina Lowlands. The sighting was documented with photographs. This is the first recorded occurrence of this species in terms of the bird fauna of Slovakia. The present article describes in detail its distribution and breeding in eastern Hungary and western Romania, based on an isolated population in the Pannonian Basin at the north-western edge of its breeding range. The occurrence of the Levant sparrowhawk beyond the boundaries of its breeding range and outside the Pannonian Basin consists mostly of rare movements by young individuals (northern Moravia, central and northern Poland) far north of its breeding range. An adult male was observed in south-eastern Poland in the pre-breeding period, and in Slovakia an adult female was observed in the breeding period.