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As an increase in anaerobes resistant to a great variety of antimicrobials have been seen in the last few years, a search for new agents with activity against these microorganisms is needed. One of these agents is trovafloxacin. In our study, all strains were susceptible to imipenem, metronidazole, chloramphenicol and…

PROBLEM: In revision alloarthroplasty the need for bone allografts increased. The documentation of the defects is not done routinely. METHOD: For better documentation the German Society for Orthopedics and Traumatology (DGOT) developed a new and practical defect classification system. It was tested clinically in the l…

OBJECTIVE: To report confirmed cases of spontaneous testicular ascent in patients with a cryptorchid testis which had been previously placed in the scrotum. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between 1972 and 1992, 46 cryptorchid testes (36 patients), which were previously verified to be in the scrotum by staff paediatricians or p…

This preliminary report, of a longitudinal study, looks at the relationship between geomagnetic activity and the incidence of isolated sleep paralysis over a 23.5-mo. period. The author, who has frequently and for the last 24 years experienced isolated sleep paralysis was the subject. In addition, incidence of lucid dr…

One hundred and sixty-five cholecystectomies were performed in the 12 year period 1980-1991 Only 67 were performed in the first 10 year period but in the last 2 years (1990-1991), 98 patients underwent cholecystectomy. While patients with biliary tract disease occupied 0.4% of General Surgical beds in 1966-68 patients…

Mycotoxins have been named "agents in search of a disease," and the considerable progress in analytical methodology over the last 10 years has not changed this very much. The following are factors that contribute to the difficulty of making a diagnosis: (1) nonspecificity of lesions; (2) masking of mycotoxic effects by…

Mycoses of the hairy part of the head have been effectively treated in the two last decades in Armenia. The number of trichophytosis patients has reduced from 32.7 per 100,000 in 1965 to 5.4 per 100,000 in 1987. The share of anthroponotic trichophytosis among all trichophytosis forms has reduced from 24.9 to 6.7 percen…

Various alloplastic materials have been used to reestablish proper function of paretic upper eyelids. Modifying Morel-Fatio's method, the spring had been bent in a W-fashion and located in such a position that three dimensional movement of the lower branch was possible. Complications of the original method like swellin…

In the last 7 years 53 patients with liver abscesses were treated at surgical clinic of Charité. Since November 1982 we treated in 27 cases with solitary and multiloculary liver abscesses by percutaneous drainage of the abscess diameter more than 3 to 4 cm. 12 patients with multiloculary small biliary liver absces…

To estimate the importance of a number of variables influencing the results of the lymphocyte transformation test (LTT), we analysed retrospectively the results of 250 LTTs on healthy control lymphocytes tested during the last 5 years as part of the routine LTT program. Prospectively, frozen cells from 3 donors were te…

Incidence of colorectal cancer is increasing during the last years. 5% of the population get affected. From these a group of patients with a higher carcinoma risk must be separated: that with adenomas, familial polyposis and ulcerative colitis. Nourishment seems to be one of the main factors for the development of canc…

Lung function was studied in 29 children suffering from recurrent bronchitis (average number of bronchitis attacks per year: 4.2 +/- 0.5). Most of them (73%) were 1--7 years old. The date of exploration in relation to the last acute bronchitis was on average 6 weeks. Lung mechanics, residual functional capacity, blood…

During the last 5 years in a community hospital of 219 beds, the most common cause of death (primary and secondary or contributory) was pulmonary embolus. In the US fatal pulmonary emboli occur in 5 patients for 1,000 inpatients, nonfatal pulmonary embolism in 20 patients per 1,000 inpatients, about 142,000 patients su…

Data from the last 50 years suggest that pediatric patients typically suffer cardiothoracic injuries following blunt traumatic force (70%) in the setting of either motor vehicle crashes (53.5%) or vehicle-pedestrian accidents (18.2%). Penetrating trauma accounts for 30% of pediatric cardiothoracic injuries, half of whi…

For the last 10 years, the World Health Organization has been celebrating World Hand Hygiene Day on the 5th of May, bringing together the global healthcare ecosystem to celebrate hand hygiene. This day was created to raise awareness about the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare settings, as well as to focus on a s…

We present a retrospective descriptive study targeting the mortality in the European Union's countries during the past 30 years. Data was collected from the WHO (World Health Organization) database of global mortality. The aim of this study was the identification of particularities in the evolution of trauma-related mo…

The paper presents a review of the the last 20 years experience of some important oncologic and surgical centers all over the world on IntraPeritoneal Hyperthermic Chemotherapy (IPHC) applied by well known specialists in this domain: Sugarbaker P. (SUA), Takeshi S. (Japan, Elias D. (France), Deraco M. (Italy) and other…

Eighteen hemodialysis patients with the diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia (MI), admitted to the Renal Service in the last 5 years, were retrospectively reviewed. All patients, 10 males and 8 females, average age 66.3 +/- 8.6 years, were complaining of acute abdominal pain without other specific clinical or laboratorial…

The diagnosis of Wilms tumor stage IV was established in a girl of 5 1/2 years of age in July 1972. Nephrektomy was followed by radiotherapy of the tumorbed and the lung metastasis. Thereafter the child was treated with Vincristine (VCR) and Actinomycine D (AMD) for two years. The child has been off treatment for the l…

The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) represents a significant driver of Northern Hemisphere climate, but the forcing mechanisms pacing the AMO remain poorly understood. Here we use the available proxy records to investigate the influence of solar and volcanic forcing on the AMO over the last ~450 years. The evid…