Everyone knows that its important to keep a cool head, but a new study published online in The FASEB Journal shows that for Alzheimer’s patients, a cool head may make the disease worse. In the research report, scientists show that a protein associated with Alzheimer’s (called “tau”) builds up in brain cells at an increased [...]
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Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two University of Alberta researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems.
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Errors in the administration of injected medication in intensive care units occur frequently, a study across 27 countries suggests.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Task Force on Anesthetic Care for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has issued a practice advisory in this area and published it in the March issue of Anesthesiology. Anesthetic care for MRI encompasses provision of moderate and deep sedation, monitored anesthesia care, general anesthesia, and ventilatory and critical care support.
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E’ del tutto recente la pubblicazione su Archives of Surgery (2009, 144(1):69-76 ) di una esauriente review sul management dei pazienti antiaggregati che devono sottoporsi ad interventi chirurgici.
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Farmaci (05/2009): All About Opioids and Opioid-Induced Constipation (OIC) American Pain Society & American Academy of Pain (02/2009): Clinical Guidelines for the use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain
Secondo i risultato dello studio, cio’ che cambia nel corso della desensibilizzazione e’ la responsivita’ recettoriale, cioe’ la soglia oltre la quale viene trasmesso lo stimolo nocicettivo La capsaicina, la sostanza dal caratteristico potere irritante contenuta nel peperoncino, puo’ essere utilizzata anche per ridurre il dolore, come hanno evidenziato alcuni studi. Ora una nuova ricerca [...]
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An international team of researchers has evaluated the effectiveness of Orthokine therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee, and the results have been published in the February edition of the specialist journal “Osteoarthritis and Cartilage”. The researchers followed 376 patients to determine the effectiveness of various osteoarthritis treatments. After six months as well as after two [...]
Thousands of people with rheumatoid arthritis are set to benefit from a new guideline to be published this week. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions will issue a guideline to improve the management of rheumatoid arthritis in adults. Available from 25 February, it will [...]
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Disponibile un prontuario farmaceutico aggiornato al 26/02/2009. Prontuario Farmaci del SSN aggiornato al 26-02-2009
D’ora in poi avrà diritto all’indennizzo anche chi si ammala di epatite a causa di una somministrazione di emoderivati. Lo ha stabilito la Corte Costituzionale, con la sentenza n. 28/2009, depositata il 6 febbraio, che ha dichiarato l’illegittimità della legge 210/1992 che garantiva l’indennizzo solo a chi era stato danneggiato da complicanze di tipo irreversibile [...]
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Il Consiglio di Stato ha dichiarato illegittimo l’atto con cui al medico dipendente venivano riconosciute le mansioni superiori svolte ai soli fini giuridici con esclusione dei benefici economici. In presenza di un posto vacante, lo svolgimento delle mansioni primariali da parte di chi si trovi in posizione funzionale intermedia comporta il riconoscimento del relativo trattamento [...]
Anaesth Intensive Care 2009; 37: 14-9: A large VT and high Paw during one-lung ventilation were associated with an increased risk of post-pneumonectomy ALI/ARDS in primary lung cancer patients. N Engl J Med 2009; 360: 20-31: In an ICU population in which the mortality rate associated with standard care was 27.5% at day 28, the [...]
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Tamar F. Barlam, M.D.; Dennis L. Kasper, M.D. AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill. 2008; ©2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies – Posted 01/12/2009 Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a major nosocomial infection that results in significant morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. Most strategies to reduce VAP attempt to decrease rates of colonization of the aerodigestive tract and aspiration of [...]
Paul M. Fenton, FFARCSI, DTM & H Transfusion Alter Transfusion Med. 2008;10(2):82-89. ©2008 Blackwell Publishing – Posted 12/02/2008 Death from acute blood loss is a common event in many parts of the world. Most of the half-million-plus maternal deaths worldwide are due to postpartum hemorrhage. While a state of general nonreportage exists in under-resourced countries, [...]
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