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... 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 ... Chapter 2 traces the historic evolution of the notion of social phobia and its equivalents (mostly from the end of nineteenth century France) in the context of a rising interest in anxiety-related ... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:54

... insufficient treatment of 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 treatment of AF in MICU ... disease and other nosocomial complications. Can treatment of atrial fibrillation improve survival? There are few data on the effect of treatment of 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...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... [29] Initiation of Treatment • Baseline fasting glucose level First Year of Treatment • Fasting glucose level every 3–4 months • Observe for signs of hyperglycemia Duration of Treatment • 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...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:00

... 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....

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... expe- riences are valuable. At present, in the absence of de - finite proof of the efficacy of decompressive craniec- tomy in the treatment of TBI, such as from multicen- ter, prospective, randomized, controlled ... Different methods of decompressive cra- niectomy in the treatment of 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 treatment of traumatic brain injury, these technical...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... 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 treatment of 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,...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:48

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:32

... 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, ... re- duce the cost both of the material and the use of this mechanism. The utilization of a low -cost cot- ton-polyester material, known in Brazil as gorgurão, enabled the creation of a compression...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:48

... 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 treatment of early infec- tions ... advantages of our procedure are the less extensive bandage changing, with a positive influence on the patient´s convenience [16] and the possibility of costs minimization [8, 14]. The disadvantage of...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53

... 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....

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53

... 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 treatment of destructive,...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53

... review of the literature. South Med J 2007; 100: 712-6. 5. Cabrita HB, Croci AT, Camargo OP, Lima AL. Prospective study of the treatment of 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 treatment of hip joint infections. Primary surgery n= Antibiotic impregnation of hip spacer (/80 g bone...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:53

... Endoscopic thoracic laminoforaminoplasty for the treatment of 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 treatment of thoracic radiculopathy. Methods: Twelve patients with radicular...

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