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A Foco

Publications and source records attributed to A Foco.

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PubMed1986

[Medical or surgical treatment of the elderly bleeding ulcer patient].

In recent years there has been a distinct decline in the total number of operations for ulcers while the number performed for ulcerous complications has remained more or less constant. Hesitation between medical and surgical treatment most frequently arises in the case of bleeding especially when the patient is elderly. A retrospective study is conducted on 526 ulcer patients encountered in 1976-84 and a comparison is made with the literature as a means of identifying the limitations of conservative treatment. Certain parameters of possible use in the treatment of bleeding ulcers in the elderly are identified.

Aged↗
PubMed1985

[Somatostatin in severe peptic ulcer hemorrhage].

Somatostatin was compared with intensive antacid and thrombin in a randomised controlled study on 15 patients with severe haemorrhages of the upper digestive tract deriving from peptic ulcers and identified endoscopically in order to assess the efficacy of the two drugs. The results in both groups were similar but somatostatin appeared more effective than antacids and thrombin in terms of blood transfusions required and the average time it took to stop the bleeding. The insignificance of these results is in contrast with the data from similar studies using other drugs (anti-H2) and reported by others. This shows the need for controlled polycentric studies conducted on large groups of homogeneous patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1985

[Postoperative monitoring of patients operated on for digestive tract neoplasms using tumor markers. Preliminary results].

The report analyses the comparative efficacy of three different tumour markers (CEA, GICA and TPA) in providing indications for the postoperative monitoring of patients treated for cancer of the digestive tract. Assessment of effectiveness of chemotherapy produced different results according to the site of the tumour (stomach, colon or pancreas). In the case of cancers of the pancreatic head, the influence of jaundice on the markers was also evaluated, to discover which marker provided most information on the tumour investigated.

Antigens, Neoplasm↗