Syndrome X: Still an appropriate name

Syndrome X: still an appropriate name.

Reactive arthritis--the appropriate name.

Reiter's syndrome is an eponym used to denote the triad of arthritis, urethritis and conjunctivitis. This syndrome is named after Hans Conrad Julius Reiter, who was involved in the activities of the Nazi Racial Hygiene Program related to involuntary sterilization, euthanasia and criminal research projects. Reiter defamed the entire medical profession and it was therefore suggested that the term...

Portopulmonary hypertension: Still an appropriate consideration for liver transplantation?

Liver transplantation (LT) in patients with portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH) has historically resulted in unpredictable and often poor outcomes. The United Kingdom experience for the period 1992-2012 is reported in this article. A retrospective analysis of patients, preoperatively fulfilling the PoPH European Respiratory Society Task Force on Pulmonary-Hepatic Vascular Disorders diagnostic cr...

Acute digitalis intoxication--is pacing still appropriate?

Over a six year period, 92 patients intoxicated with either digitoxin or digoxin were admitted to our ICU. Fifty-one patients were treated with cardiac pacing and/or Fab fragments, and the mortality rate was 13% (14 were intoxications with digoxin, 36 with digitoxin, 1 was mixed). Forty-five cases were suicide attempts; six were accidental overdosages. Since cardiac pacing may trigger fatal arr...

Mauriac syndrome still exists.

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Mauriac syndrome (MS) is a rare complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1). It is related to low insulin concentrations and is less common since longer-acting insulins became available. It is characterized by hepatomegaly, growth and puberty delay, and the presence of elevated transaminases and serum lipids. The aim of this study was to describe the patients from a pedi...