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S Conti

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PubMed1983

[Bacteriological and clinical notes on otitis externa in saturation. Double-blind study on the efficacy of prophylactic and therapeutic preparations].

Microbiological analysis of the variation in the bacterial flora of the external auditory canal was carried out during 39 immersion in saturated solutions. A double blind test on the usefulness of prophylactic and therapeutic preparations was also carried out. Prophylactics. - 5% Al acetate in H2O (P1), Boric alcohol (P2), lactic acid in H2O (P3, Domeboro (P4), no prophylactic (P0). After the immersions, a significant increase in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa and Candida Albicans (p less than 0,01) was noted in the auricular bacterial flora. Gram positive bacteria in general were considerably reduced (p less than 0,01). Gram negative bacteria other than pseudomonas. A (p less than 0,3) and coagulase negative straphylococci (p less than 0,03) did not vary significantly. Prophylactic preparations P1 and P2 were shown to be significantly more effective than P3, P4 and P0 in preventing the symptomatology (p less than 0,01). The most effective therapeutic preparation was found to be a locally applied gentamycinpolymixin association.

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PubMed1983

Coronary risk factors and excess mortality from all causes and specific causes.

Data from two Italian rural cohorts of the Seven Countries Study are used to examine the relationship between level at entry to the study of some coronary risk factors and subsequent mortality. The target follow-up period of 15 years after entry to the study is complete. Causes of death are classified according to standard criteria and age-adjusted rates are calculated. The analysis shows that blood pressure and smoking are risk factors that explain a substantial amount of total mortality, whereas serum cholesterol seems to be a specific risk factor for coronary mortality. The excess risks of death attributable to blood pressure, smoking, serum cholesterol and also the estimated risk of death are reported.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Hepatic artery ligation.

The use of hepatic artery ligation (HAL) in various clinical situations is illustrated by presenting a series of eight patients. The indications for HAL included ruptured hepatic tumors, spontaneous liver rupture, delayed hemorrhage after liver trauma, hematobilia, hepatic artery aneurysm, and hemorrhage after liver biopsy. Conventional methods of hemostasis had been used in some of these patients, but failed to control hemorrhage. The reasons for the relatively late adoption of hepatic artery ligation in treating liver hemorrhage are discussed and placed in proper prospective. Hepatic artery ligation has been shown to be such an effective method of controlling hemorrhage from the liver that other methods, such as packing and mass suture, which are unsafe and ineffective, should be abandoned. Major resection should be done only when an entire lobe of the liver is reduced to pulp or when exposure and repair of the retrohepatic vena cava are necessary.

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PubMed1978

Fatal peritonitis after massive blood transfusion: case report.

A case is presented in which successful repair of a superior vena cava gunshot wound was followed by death due to peritonitis. A mild case of endometritis progressed to generalized peritonitis after the patient's immune defenses were compromised by massive transfusion of banked blood. Clinicopathologic correlation is provided.

Abortion, Induced↗
PubMed1977

Mortality and morbidity after esophagogastrectomy for cancer of the esophagus and cardia.

Forty-eight esophagastric resections performed for cancer of the esophagus and cardia resulted in a five-year survival rate of four per cent. An operative mortality rate of 23%, comparable to that reported by others, diminishes the value of esophagogastrectomy even for palliation. Nutritional depletion, commonly found in these patients, contributes significantly to the unacceptably high mortality. A review of the recent literature indicates that the routine use of preoperative hyperalimentation and prophylactic antibiotics can significantly reduce morbidity in these high-risk patients and thereby result in better palliation.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1977

[Identification of subjects at high coronary risk in the Roman Project of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention (author's transl)].

In the Roman Project of Coronary Heart Disease Prevention two different techniques were employed for the identification of individuals at high coronary risk within the treatment groups of the Project. The "risk score" is a simple additive system developed by the working groups of WHO, while the "multiple logistic function" is a complex mathematical model of multivariate analysis. Both of them consider 5 risk factors (age, systolic blood pressure, serum cholesterol, smoking habits and physical activity at work) and are applied for the identification of individuals belonging to the upper 20% of a risk rank list. The two techniques apparently provide similar predictive performances when applied to epidemiological prospective material collected in other studies where the morbid events are already known. When employed in the study population groups they identify, as high risk individuals, different subgroups of population, which overlap only partially. On the basis of theoretical and practical considerations, it has been decided to employ both techniques and to extend, as a consequence, the proportion of high risk individual, eligible for individual treatment, from 20% to about 30% of the total.

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[Gloves: some unknowns].

The diffusion of transmissible diseases such as the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, well known as AIDS, has induced in the population a great sensibility to the problem of disease transmission. Dentists and patients, because of peculiar features of oral environment and dental procedures, are very exposed to these risks. For this reason every technique which reduces the risk of cross-infections patient to patient and patient to dentist to patient are absolutely necessary. From this point of view the use of gloves is very important to protect dental operator and patients. The aim of this study is: a) to stress the importance of mechanical barriers, like gloves, in dentistry in order to sensitize dental practitioners to the use of gloves; b) to underline that the quality of dental gloves in Italy is lower than in other countries which have a quality standard.

Cross Infection↗
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[Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; an important cause of asthma sometimes ignored].

The Authors describe a clinical case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis that remained unrecognized for a long time. The pathogenetic role of the environment, home climatology, and familiarity is considered. A possible therapeutic approach involving the use of associations of steroids and ketoconazole is also discussed. The Authors would like to draw the attention of physicians to forms of bronchial asthma with eosinophilia.

Adult↗
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Abdominal aortic coarctation and pregnancy.

Coarctation of the abdominal aorta was diagnosed in a pregnant hypertensive patient who presented with acute abdominal pain and fever. Extensive workup failed to establish another cause for the acute illness. Successful vascular reconstruction to correct renovascular hypertension and to bypass the coarctation was accomplished. The relationship of prgnancy to the symptomatology is discussed and evidence is presented which suggests that this case represents a variant of Takayasu's arteritis.

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