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In Spain, fresh frozen plasma (FFP) currently recovered either by whole blood centrifugation or by apheresis is mainly considered as a source of plasma derivates rather than a product to be transfused. Upon this consideration, the amount of plasma transfused in the last two decades has remained stable, while the produc…

Over the last 10 years the treatment of choice for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in Turkey has changed from co-trimoxazole to quinolones owing to the rate of resistance to co-trimoxazole and its high level of therapeutic failure. The resistance ratio of 1939 UTI Escherichia coli from outpatients (1994-2003) was evalu…

An increase in the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant H. pylori strains has been reported. We tested the sensitivity of H. pylori strains to antibiotics before and after the eradication treatment to determine primary and secondary resistance by E-test. A total of 336 H. pylori strains from 1987 to 1998 were tested for…

Keloid and hypertrophic scars are relatively frequent not wanted consequences of surgical treatment. 145 patients with unsatisfactory skin healing were treated in our department during last 5 years. When compared with corticotherapy and laser-therapy kryotherapy is very effective method. There were outstanding results…

In the last 5 years, a powerful local area network was established in the Surgical Clinic of the Technical University of Munich. It is based on ATM and Ethernet technology. About 70 nodes including approximately 100 peripherals in our clinic have access to services around this network.

Our experience over the last 5 years with fasciocutaneous flaps in various areas of the body is described. Flap complications and special variations of the fasciocutaneous principle are discussed. Observations on our imperfect knowledge of the blood supply of the skin and deep fascia have been made and relevant experim…

The development of chromosome banding techniques has made possible the detailed analysis of human chromosomes. A vast body of knowledge has accumulated during the last few years as a result of their application in biology and medicine.

The subsidence history of the Bahamian Platform points to a non-uniform rate of sea-floor spreading since the beginning of the Cretaceous. Lower Cretaceous rates of perhaps 5 cm/yr led to an active trench system at the boundary between the American and Caribbean lithosphere plates, and the rapid subsidence of the conti…

In the last decade, the instrumentation improvements in supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) and the hyphenation to mass spectrometry (MS), have increased the SFC acceptance between scientists, becoming today a valuable tool in analytical chemistry. The unique selectivity, short analysis times, low consumption of o…

Recent progress in the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH)-specific pharmaceutical agents has improved mortality and morbidity remarkably. Today, these PH-specific drugs have become a standard treatment for PH.We herein summarize the treatment options and longitudinal clinical outcomes of 21 patients with PH who…

OBJECTIVE: During the past decades, a more cautious approach with respect to prescribing medication and physical exercise progressed toward evidence-based guidelines regarding the management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Currently, physical activity and other means to improve well-being and functioning are encouraged,…

OBJECTIVES: We sought to describe the incidence of late angiographic stent thrombosis (LAST) events in an unselected drug-eluting stent (DES) population. BACKGROUND: Concerns have been raised that LAST may be a potential limitation of DES. METHODS: We have previously reported the angiographic incidence of early stent…

Multiple sclerosis is a rare finding in pediatric age. The onset of the disease may be in adolescence or pre-adolescence. It is important that pediatricians know the diagnostic criteria and clinical course of multiple sclerosis in childhood. We describe the case reports of two children, a 11- and a 14-years-old girls a…

A retrospective study was undertaken of 25 children with epididymitis seen at our pediatric hospital during the last 5 years. The symptoms and signs in these patients were evaluated, as well as the results of urinalysis, urine culture, excretory urogram, scrotal scan, exploration and white blood count. The presence of…

BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate long-term visual outcomes of Boston type I keratoprosthesis (KPro) surgery and identify risk factors for visual failure. METHODS: Single surgeon retrospective cohort study including 85 eyes of 74 patients who underwent KPro implantation to treat severe ocular surface disease, including lim…

There is a paucity of data regarding testicular cancer among Saudis as well as the nonexistent of published national data. Furthermore, a substantial increase of the incidence of testicular cancer among Saudis was lately noted. The aim of the study is to determine the trends and patterns of testicular cancer among adul…