BACKGROUND The management of patients with carcinoid heart disease poses two major challenges for the anaesthetist: carcinoid crisis and low cardiac output secondary to right ventricular (RV) failure. Carcinoid crises may be precipitated by the administration of catecholamines and histamine-releasing drugs. METHODS We analysed a series of 11 patients [six males, median (range) age 60 (42-73) ...

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Lauren N. Grant,§ Balazs Pinter,‖ Takashi Kurogi,§ Maria E. Carroll,§ Gang Wu,‡ Brian C. Manor,§ Patrick J. Carroll§ and Daniel J. Mindiola§,* §Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia PA, 19104. ‖Eenheid Algemene Chemie (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels (Belgium). ‡Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, K...

Marc Henneaux1,2, , Ella Jamsin1,∗∗, Axel Kleinschmidt1,∗∗∗, and Daniel Persson1,3,† 1 Physique Théorique et Mathématique, Université Libre de Bruxelles & International Solvay Institutes, ULB-Campus Plaine C.P. 231, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. 2 Centro de Estudios Cientı́ficos (CECS), Casilla 1469, Valdivia, Chile. 3 Fundamental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Göteborg, Swe...

Sven Aerts1,∗, Paul Kwiat2,†, Jan-Åke Larsson3,‡, and Marek Żukowski 4,§ Fundamenten van de Exacte Wetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Triomflaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium 2 P-23, MS-H803, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos 87545, USA Matematiska Institutionen, Linköpings Universitet, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej i Astrofizyki Uniwersytet Gdański, PL-80...

Purified Vero cell rabies vaccine was used to treat 19 patients who experienced fox bite. Seventeen patients survived, and 2 patients died of rabies. Maximum antibody titers determined using a rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test were 25 IU, < or =90 days after the first vaccination and were 30 IU on day 1050 after booster vaccination.

Methods A cross-sectional survey of 1050 HIV-infected adults from routine HIV clinics was conducted. Subjects completed a questionnaire about demography, lifestyle factors, fracture history and management, exposure to glucocorticoids and other drugs influencing bone metabolism. HIV details (duration and route of infection, disease stage, cART exposure and parameters of viral control) were recor...