December 30, 2008 — A new study extends to 4 years the previously published 2-year results of research that found that spine surgery provides more rapid and greater relief in symptoms and a greater improvement in function than nonsurgical interventions for patients with lumbar disk herniation. And while the surgery did not get patients back [...]
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Il medico che interviene chirurgicamente senza il consenso informato del paziente non commette reato, sempre che l’intervento vada a buon fine. E’ questo il senso della decisione delle Sezioni unite penali della Cassazione, che erano state chiamate a risolvere un contrasto giurisprudenziale fra due orientamenti piu’ o meno favorevoli ai camici bianchi. Lo riporta oggi [...]
Il Sottosegretario con Delega alla Salute Prof. Ferruccio Fazio ha Firmato il Decreto Contenente le Nuove Classificazioni ICD-9-CM (Versione Italiana 2007 Nona Revisione), per la Codifica delle Diagnosi e delle Procedure della SDO, e DRG (Versione 24) per la Classificazione dei Ricoveri Ospedalieri. Le Disposizioni Previste nel decreto Entrano in Vigore dal 01 Gennaio 2009. [...]
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Alessandro Brunelli; Michele Salati Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2008;14(4):275-281. ©2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Posted 12/12/2008 The objective of this review is to summarize the best clinical evidence published in the last year and regarding the functional evaluation and the residual quality of life (QOL) after lung resection in patients with lung cancer. A recent [...]
M. Bower; S. Collins; C. Cottrill; K. Cwynarski; S. Montoto; M. Nelson; N. Nwokolo; T. Powles; J. Stebbing; N. Wales; A. Webb HIV Med. 2008;9(6):336-388. ©2008 Blackwell Publishing Posted 12/15/2008 HIV infection is associated with three AIDS-defining malignancies (Kaposi’s sarcoma, high-grade B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and invasive cervical cancer) as well as an increased risk of [...]
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Jamie B. Rosenberg, MD; Lewis A. Eisen, MD Crit Care Med. 2008;36(12):3151-3155. ©2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Posted 12/12/2008 Medical and nursing staff in the intensive care unit (ICU) concentrate the majority of their efforts on problems seen as immediately life-threatening. This may lead to lack of attention to other serious issues. Mechanically ventilated patients [...]
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Analgesics and sedatives are administered to most patients who are being mechanically ventilated in an intensive care unit (ICU), not only to combat anxiety, agitation, and pain but also to achieve optimal benefits of the ventilatory support. Historically, sedation has been administered via continuous infusion until it is determined that the patient can effectively breathe [...]
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Critical Care Medicine (12/2008): Eye Care in Intensive Care Unit: Narrative Review and Meta-Analisys
Ventilab (03/2011): Ventilazione assistita controllata, tempo inspiratorio e rapporto inspirazione/espirazione: attenzione agli equivoci! Ventilab (02/2011): PEEP nel paziente ostruttivo. Quando? Quanto? (1a parte: pazienti ventilati in modalità controllata) Ventilab (02/2011): Svezzamento e riabilitazione Ventilab (02/2011): La ventilazione noninvasiva dopo l’estubazione: indicazioni e controindicazioni Ventilab (12/2010): La Ventilazione non-invasiva nell’insufficienza respiratoria post-esofagectomia Ventilab (12/2010): Ventilazione Meccanica [...]
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December 23, 2008 — Vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy is associated with increased odds of primary cesarean delivery, according to the results of a study reported in the December 23 Online First issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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December 24, 2008 — Chemoembolization is a minimally invasive therapy option for palliative treatment of liver metastases in patients with colorectal cancer, according to the results of a study reported in the January 2009 issue of Radiology.
Allogeneic blood transfusion is associated with a poorer prognosis in cancer patients, but the independent effect of the transfusion has been the subject of controversy. The mechanisms giving rise to the reported cancer-promoting effects of blood transfusion have not been elucidated.
Roma, 18 dic. (Adnkronos Salute) – Buone notizie per i primari ospedalieri. Il Senato ha infatti approvato un emendamento al Disegno di legge Brunetta che modifica la normativa sul pensionamento di questi dirigenti medici del Servizio sanitario nazionale, “che potranno andare in pensione 70 anni, come i loro colleghi dei Policlinici universitari”. A riferirlo all’ADNKRONOS [...]
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