... disorder of anxiety
has had a profound impact on treatment development in that most
attempts at psychological treatment and pharmacotherapy have sought
to provide help to patients by means of various ... construed as a phobia. Within the context of a classifi-
catory scheme Janet (1903) conceived of four types of phobias:
situational, bodily, of objects, and of ideas. Situational phobias were
further ... examine the
validity of the measures devised to ascertain and quantify social anxiety,
as this is most relevant to social phobia.
Examination of the validity both of the construct and of the methods
assessing...
... insufficient treatmentof AF or,
on the contrary, is caused by adverse effects of the treatment,
however, is too realistic to be ignored. All we have stated
about the treatmentof AF in MICU ... disease and
other nosocomial complications.
Can treatmentof atrial fibrillation improve
survival?
There are few data on the effect oftreatmentof AF on mortality
in ICU patients. A meta-analysis ... medicine. Even the questions
of whether AF is the cause of mortality or just an
epiphenomenon [3] and of whether treatment improves
outcome are still not answered. A treatment protocol
therefore...
... [29]
Initiation ofTreatment • Baseline fasting glucose level
First Year ofTreatment • Fasting glucose level every 3–4 months
• Observe for signs of hyperglycemia
Duration ofTreatment • Fasting ... preferred treatment because of the documented effi-
cacy of the agent either in general, or in a particular
patient.
This paper will perform a selective review of the psycho-
tropic medications often ... have a high index of
suspicion for medical illness, as well as a basic knowledge of the risks associated with the use of
medications in this patient population.
Methods: A review of the literature...
... Italy
4. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Calabrodental, Crotone, Italy
5. Department of Dental Sciences and Surgery, General Hospital, Bari, Italy
6. Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, ... in the
presence of adherent scars, after having infiltrated the
whole area with a solution of Lidocaine 0.5% and
Epinephrine 1:200,000 very close to one of the two
edges of the scar, a small ... healing of soft tissues after a trauma.
However, abnormal or disturbed collagen production can cause anomalies of the cuta-
neous surface and textural irregularities. In the presence of a depressed...
... hy-
drocephalus was treated with a ventriculoperitoneal
shunt.
3.4 Treatment results.
1) In the 3 cases of conservative treatment, 2
cases died of rupture, and the hydrocephalus case
showed good prognosis; ... length of time required for occlusions in
these arteries allows for the development of collateral
circulation as an alternate source of intracranial blood
supply, depending on the sites of occlusion
... arteries. The angiograph of the vertebral
artery showed no delay in the blood flow of anterior
circulation. The saccular aneurysm with a diameter of
3.2 mm was observed at the apex of the basilar artery....
... expe-
riences are valuable. At present, in the absence of de -
finite proof of the efficacy of decompressive craniec-
tomy in the treatmentof TBI, such as from multicen-
ter, prospective, randomized, controlled ...
Different methods of decompressive cra-
niectomy in the treatmentof TBI
Different methods of decompressive craniecto-
my have been developed for, or applied to, decom-
pression of the brain at ... subsequent management. At present, in the
absence of prospective randomized controlled trials to prove the role of decompressive
craniectomy in the treatmentof traumatic brain injury, these technical...
... resolution of the OAF, optimal management of complications, including patient
discomfort, and good regeneration of soft tissues.
Clinical significance: The principal advantage of the use of autologous ... for the treatmentof OAF involve
buccal flap, palatal rotation – advancement flap, Bichat fat pad. All these surgical procedures
are connected with a significant risk of morbidity of the donor ... optimal reconstruction of soft
tissues and to assure the preservation of the bone graft from epithelial connection.
Conclusions: This surgical procedure showed a good stability of the bone grafts,...
... relief of their pain in 86% of
the patients with a median relief period of 3 months.
The range of relief varied from zero days to up to 13
months for the facet injection group. None of the ... period of pain relief being 5 months.
The range of relief for the radiofrequency group was
from zero days to 16 months for all 26 patients who
underwent the radiofrequency procedure. Of the ... restraints of the surgery.
RESULTS
A total of 174 people (77 women, 97 men; mean
age 64, range 22-89) were included. Length of fol-
low-up was at least 3 years with a maximum of 6
years. Location of...
... still required because of the reductions
in the size of the limb. Because of this need of constant
adjustments, we noticed that treatment centers re-
quire the services of a professional seamstress. ...
adaptation and the development of new forms of
treatment are necessary. This team is composed of the
lymphologist or professional trained in the treatment
of lymphedema, psychologists, nutritionists, ... the treatmentof lymphedema. This
novel approach can be adapted for the treatmentof lymphedema in mass.
Key words: lymphedema, filariasis, treatment
Introduction
The treatmentof lymphedema...
...
4. Department of Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
5. Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of
California ... the safety and
efficacy of UC-II as compared to a combination of glucosamine and chondroitin (G+C) in the
treatment of OA of the knee. The results indicate that UC-II treatment was more efficacious ... to the dosing schedule less than 75% of the
time.
Method of assigning patients to treatment groups
Patients were assigned to treatment groups (or-
der of treatments) using computer-generated...
... transport of cellular and humoral compo-
nents of the immune system to the infected area is
facilitated, which leads to a significant reduction of
the bacterial count.
The efficacy of the V.A.C. ... ar-
throplasty by means of the conventional
V.A.C system at a mean follow-up of 21 months [6].
Kirr et al. showed good results in 3 cases by using the
V.A.C Instill
®
system in the treatmentof early infec-
tions ... inspections of the sponges can be compensated by
daily controlling of the canister fluid and monitoring
of the inflammation parameters.
Our clinical outcome with a success rate in 26 out
of 28...
... total dose of antibiotics
should not exceed 10% of the weight of the cement in
order to avoid fracture of the cement spacer [27].
The implantation of an ALC spacer shortens the
duration of systemic ... time of reimplantation and allow delivery of the
antibiotics of choice according to sensitivities [23,36].
The disadvantage of a static spacer is that it does not
allow physiological motion of ... substantial impairment
of patients’ normal daily activities during the pro-
longed course of treatment. Another drawback of the
static spacer is bone loss attributed to migration of the
block spacer....
... maintenance of the joint function and the
infection eradication are the treatment aims of bacte-
rial infections of the proximal femur and its bordering
soft tissues. In case of early infections of ... diagnosis of an osteomyelitis of the
femoral head.
Table 1: Patients’ data, surgical procedures, and causative organisms at the site of hip spacer implantation in the treatment
of coxitis ...
In case of periprosthetic hip infections the implantation of antibiotic-loaded PMMA spacers is
accepted for an adequate treatment option. Although their indication for the treatmentof
destructive,...
... review of the literature. South Med J
2007; 100: 712-6.
5. Cabrita HB, Croci AT, Camargo OP, Lima AL. Prospective
study of the treatmentof infected hip arthroplasties with or
without the use of ... and intravenous admini-
stration of the same antibiotic [14]. Cabrita et al. ob-
served 1 case of renal failure and 3 cases of allergic
reactions out of 33 cases of hip spacer implantation (1
g ... antibiotic im-
pregnation of the bone cement at the site of spacer im-
plantation in the treatmentof hip joint infections.
Primary surgery n= Antibiotic impregnation of hip
spacer (/80 g bone...
...
Endoscopic thoracic laminoforaminoplasty for the treatmentof thoracic
radiculopathy: report of 12 cases
Scott M.W. Haufe
1,2
, Ryan A. Baker
3
and Morgan L. Pyne
3
1. Chief of Pain Medicine ... quality of life. Conservative therapy is the initial
treatment of choice, but fails to provide relief in a
substantial number of patients. Central and foraminal
stenosis with entrapment of descending ... conservative
management is uncertain. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of endoscopic laminoforamino-
plasty (ELFP) in the treatmentof thoracic radiculopathy.
Methods: Twelve patients with radicular...