BACKGROUND This phase II study was designed to evaluate the activity and safety of a combination of epirubicin, oxaliplatin and docetaxel in metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma. METHODS Forty patients with measurable distant metastases received epirubicin 50 mg/m2, docetaxel 60 mg/m2 followed by oxaliplatin 100 mg/m2 on day 1 of each 21-day cycle. Primary end ...

The affectiveness of dispensary records has been studied by examining ambulance 460 patients with chronical illnesses. following results defined: recovered 2.1%, satisfactory 70.2%, stabile 2,2%,disability 4.5%,the illness got worse 2.5%.

Objective To show the effect of dual monitoring including cardiac output (CO) and intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring for severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patiens. We hypothesized that meticulous treatment using dual monitoring is effective to sustain maintain minimal intensive care unit (ICU) complications and maintain optimal ICP and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) for severe TBI pati...

It was known that two-thirds of premature deaths occurred within one hour of the onset of symptoms, so that the majority of patiens died ouside hospital. For those lucky enough to reach hospital alive intensive care units were already developed or being developed. In Belfast in 1965 hospital admission was in a large proportion of patients delayed for more than twelve hours and the median delay ...

Scintiscans of liver and spleen using technetium 99m sulphur colloid in 15 infants with extrahepatic biliary atresia and 11 infants with severe obstructive jaundice (7 with genetic deficiency of alpha 1-antitrypsin) showed similar hepatic size, pattern of isotope uptake, and splenic abnormality with no distinguishing features. In 37 older children with a variety of liver disorders, the scan was...