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Macrolide resistance trends were examined among Helicobacter pylori strains from 154 patients between 1994 and 1998. Applicabilities of screening agar method (SAM) and modified disk diffusion method (MDDM) were evaluated. Overall primary resistance rates to erythromycin and clarithromycin were 14.8% and 8.7%, respectiv…

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has developed a culture around the Accreditation process and quality assurance. All staff members are regularly challenged to ask themselves the question, 'What are we doing now that we could do better?' During the financial year 1990-91, over 350 quality assurance programmes we…

15 patients (10 men and 5 women) with myelodysplastic syndrome, treated in a Hematologic Clinic during the last three years, are studied. The patients are classified in the following groups: with a refractory anemia (4 patients), with an acquired idiopathic sideroblast anemia (3 patients), with a refractory anemia with…

BACKGROUND: Thyroid hormones are essential for brain development. We conducted a randomized, controlled trial with thyroxine (T4) supplementation in infants <30 weeks' gestation and with the last neurodevelopmental follow-up moment at the age of 5.5 years. T4 supplementation was associated with improved outcome of infa…

Dengue virus fever is a mosquito-borne disease resulting in a serious flu-like sickness with high temperature, intense joint and muscle ache, reduced blood platelets, skin rashes, and a tendency to bleed. Neurological complications following dengue infection are common. Although psychiatric sequelae have been rarely re…

UNLABELLED: Digital photography and its use in the busy dental practice is ever increasing. Correct choice of equipment will save many hours of staff time and expense and is essential if consistent images are to be achieved. Modern digital cameras and associated macro lenses and ringflash, can last 5-10 years if handle…

ABTRACT: A series of publications has dealt in the last years with topics as the isolation, properties and applications of animal stem cells (Weissman 2000. Cell 100: 157-168; Weissman 2002. N. Engl. J. Med. 346: 1567-1579; Lovell-Badge 2001. Nature 414: 88-91; Marshak et al. 2001. Stem Cell Biology. Cold Spring Harbor…

In the last 5 years, we have started to witness the emergence of new technologies and techniques that offer the potential for improved patient outcomes but which often still lack clinical demonstration and/or confirmation in well-designed, multicentre studies. These include biocompatible solutions, glucose sparing regi…

ABO incompatibility and positive cross match between the donor and the recipient are no longer considered absolute counter indications to renal transplantation. One-year and 5-years graft survival are similar to ABO compatible transplantation, although a higher incidence of acute humoral rejection is observed. Calcineu…

Menstrual Psychosis is a unique disorder (Altschule et al, 1963). Over the last 150 years, sporadic case reports of this disorder are found in the literature. As yet, the standard psychiatric diagnostic nomenclature i.e. DSM, ICD-10 does not acknowledge its individuality. We report a 16-year-old female patient who was…

I hide behind my limited presentation time to retreat from offering answers to this dilemma, save to cite one example to illustrate that knowledge workers are not politically hopeless. In response to a severe need, investigators mobilized in the last 5 years to advocate for increased federal funding for research. The s…

The last 3 to 5 years have witnessed a tremendous change in direction for the academic health center. The major trends in this regard are increased importance of managed care, cost consciousness, development of a clinical system, pressure to downsize graduate medical education, and increased competition.

The pancreatic pseudocysts are a serious complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. Personal experience in the treatment of 5 cases of pancreatic pseudocysts observed in the last six years is reported. In elective surgery the operation of choice in the treatment of the typical postnecrotic pseudocysts and which giv…

The advent of tacrolimus allowed clinical intestinal transplantation to become a feasible procedure for patients with irreversible intestinal failure. Over last 5 years, 71 patients underwent intestinal transplantation. Forty-one recipients were children, and 30 recipients were adults. Twenty-five patients received an…

Authors evaluate their experience in treatment of patients with polytrauma during last 10 years. They use the 5 level classification applicated particularly in German and Austrian traumatologic centres. Authors initiated in their workplace the computer assessment ISS - Injury Severity Score, Apache II -Acute Physiology…

During the last 5 years 174 children with neuropathic bladder were studied, and only 7 required urinary diversions. A total of 31 ureteroneocystostomies were performed in 17 patients, 16 of whom had gross vesico-ureteric reflux. Revisionary surgery was required in four children and two underwent pyeloplasty. Deteriorat…

This paper reviews clinically oriented manuscripts published over the last 5 years dealing with US experience with trazodone. Three major questions are addressed. First, there is ample documentation that trazodone is an effective antidepressant with results comparable to the tricyclic antidepressant agents in treating…