An antibiotic policy for bacterial infections after thoracic and other injunres. Twenty-four patients suffering from thoracic and other injuries were admitted to an intensive care unit over a three-year period. The first four patients died from infection by Gram-negative bacilli with associated features of bacterial toxaemia although it was anticipated that most, if not all, of the patients wou...

INTRODUCTION The evolving HIV epidemic, coupled with advances in HIV treatment, has resulted in an ageing HIV-diagnosed population. It has been suggested that adverse physical and psychological effects of HIV may be higher among older people. However, few studies have examined the effect of older age on well-being for people with HIV. MATERIALS AND METHODS The ASTRA study included 3258 HIV-di...

IN every cardiac emergency the application of the electrodes for taking electrocardio-grams should require the least possible time. Time saved may be a life saved. The prompt establishment of the presence of and the exact type of cardiac mechanism disorder by electro-cardiographic tracings, is a prerequisite to effective therapy. The electrocardiogram must often be taken while external cardiac ...

BACKGROUND Half of the dialysis population suffers from hyperphosphataemia, which is now recognized as a major factor of haemodialysis (HD) morbidity and mortality. Current control is focussed on reducing dietary phosphate intake and diminishing absorption using phosphate binders, whereas control and quantification of phosphate removal by HD is undervalued. The aim of this prospective study was...

The fracture toughness of three new compositional variants of the Zr-Ti-Be-LTM (Late Transition Metal) family of bulk metallic glasses (BMG’s) are studied in the as-cast and annealed condition. Quaternary Zr-Ti-Cu-Be alloys consistently had linear elastic fracture toughness values greater than 80 MPa·m, while Vitreloy 1, a Zr-Ti-Cu-Ni-Be alloy, had an average fracture toughness of 48.5 MPa·m wi...

Fruits of the plant were air dried for several days and cut into small pieces, which were subjected to oven dried for 24 hours at 45-50°C to effect further chopping. Cold methanol extract of fruits were subjected to acid-base treatment to separate the alkaloids. The treated extract was subjected to column chromatography to isolate the pure compound. The xanthine alkaloid, 1, 3, 7-trimethyl-1H-p...

The metabolism of 4-[4-Wlandrostene-3,17-dione, 4-[4r4C]pregnene-3,20-dione, 5&-[4-r4C]androstane-3cr,l7P-diol, 4,16-[70+~H]androstadien-3-one, [4-W]cholesterol, and 7~ hydroxy-4-[6P-3H]cholesten-3-one was studied in the microsomal fraction of livers from adult male and female rats which had been castrated neonatally or postpubertally. The effect of testosterone propionate treatment on postpube...

Correspondence: CK Patel The Oxford Eye Hospital, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, United Kingdom Tel +44 18 6523 4736 Fax +44 18 6524 0097 Email [email protected] We read with great interest the recent article by Lee et al, who described their clinical experience with three patients who underwent primary implantation of Morcher (Stuttgart, Germ...