Paul E. Marik, MD, FACP, FCCM, FCCP; Howard L. Corwin, MD, FACP, FCCM, FCCP Crit Care Med. 2008;36(11):3080-3084. ©2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Posted 11/05/2008 Objective: Acute lung injury (ALI) is a well known complication following the transfusion of blood products and is commonly referred to as transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI). The objectives of [...]
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La Corte di Cassazione, ritenendo processualmente dimostrato che il medico si era reso irraggiungibile al recapito fornitogli, disattivando la segreteria telefonica e risultando assente dal suo ufficio, ha confermato la sussistenza del reato di cui all’art. 340 c.p. non solo in riferimento al suo elemento materiale ma anche in riferimento al dolo, consistito nella evidente [...]
July 14, 2008 — Regular tea consumption was associated with lower risks for cognitive impairment and cognitive decline, according to the results of a study reported in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
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William V. Harford, MD; Corinne Glynn, MD; J. Esteban Varela, MD; Ali A. Siddiqui, MD Rectovesical fistulas may be present in patients with primary and recurrent rectal tumors.[1] In patients with inoperable rectal cancer and a rectovesicular fistula, palliative surgical therapy includes a diverting colostomy. Palliation after these procedures is often only partial, with the [...]
Allison Gandey November 7, 2008 — Women with a history of migraine had a 30% lower risk for breast cancer, a new study shows. For the first time, investigators have linked migraines with breast cancer risk, and they suggest that women with headaches have lower cancer rates — especially estrogen- and progesterone-receptor–positive ductal and lobular [...]
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November 6, 2008 (San Francisco, California) — Increased coffee consumption may slow the progression of liver damage caused by hepatitis C virus infection, researchers reported in a poster here at The Liver Meeting 2008: 59th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). Patients who self-reported drinking 3 or more [...]
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I bambini in età scolare trattati con desametasone in età neonatale potrebbero presentare una risposta cardiovascolare allo stress limitata. Precedenti studi avevano già dimostrato la presenza di effetti negativi a lungo termine della terapia corticosteroidea neonatale, impiegata per la prevenzione o il trattamento delle pneumopatie croniche derivanti dalla prematurità, su elementi quali comportamento, sviluppo neurologico [...]
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Opting for less damaging treatments, staying active and learning about the warning signs of lymphedema: that’s how women with breast cancer can avoid developing chronic lymphedema, according to the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). Women can learn more about how to protect themselves from this common and distressing adverse effect [...]
Per i bambini con fibromialgia è sicuro ed efficace partecipare ad un programma di esercizio aerobio, in quanto esso migliora la qualità della vita e la funzionalità fisica in questa popolazione. La fibromialgia infantile non è stata ancora ben compresa, ma alcuni studi hanno suggerito che i bambini, come le loro controparti adulte, presentino un [...]
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L’affidamento del paziente alla struttura sanitaria comporta il dovere di diagnosi e di terapia in ordine a qualsiasi stato morboso che ne ponga in pericolo la vita, anche se diverso da quello in relazione al quale il ricovero era stato disposto, indipendentemente dal fatto che esso sia preesistente o sopravvenuto. Nel caso di specie si [...]
Circa 7 milioni di pazienti in tutto il mondo si sottopongono ogni anno a procedure che prevedono l’uso di un mezzo di contrasto a fini diagnostici o nel corso di interventi sull’apparato cardiovascolare. Di questi, tra il 15 e il 20% sono a rischio di andare incontro a nefropatia indotta dal mezzo di contrasto stesso. [...]
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PARTE I Titolo I DISPOSIZIONI GENERALI A seguito del parere espresso dal Comitato di settore il 3 settembre 2008 sul testo di ipotesi di Accordo relativo al CCNL del personale della dirigenza sanitaria, professionale, tecnico ed amministrativa del Servizio sanitario nazionale per il quadriennio normativo 2006-2009 e biennio economico 2006-2007 e della certificazione resa dalla [...]
Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in France were able to detect functional abnormalities in certain regions in the brains of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, reinforcing the idea that symptoms of the disorder are related to a dysfunction in those parts of the brain where pain is processed.
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A recent study conducted by researchers at Georgia State University is the first of its kind to demonstrate that administration of preemptive morphine prior to a painful procedure in infancy blocks the long-term negative consequences of pain in adult rodents. These studies have serious implications for the way anesthetics and analgesics are administered to neonates [...]
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The brains of individuals with major depressive disorder appear to react more strongly when anticipating pain and also display altered functioning of the neural network that modifies pain sensitivity, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
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