BACKGROUND The risks of antipsychotic drugs on metabolic syndrome (MS) present many challenges for psychiatrists. AIM To evaluate the effectiveness and influences on glucolipid metabolism in patients with schizophrenia and metabolic disorders switched from clozapine to ziprasidone. PATIENTS AND METHODS Schizophrenic patients with metabolic syndrome who had been treated with clozapine for ≥ ...

Objectives. Increased Tp-e interval (from the peak-to-the-end of the electrocardiographic T wave) and Tpe/QT ratio are associated with malignant ventricular arrhythmias. We aimed to evaluate the acute effects of levosimendan on Tp-e interval, Tp-e/QT ratio, Tp-e/QTc ratio and QRS interval in patients with severe heart failure. Methods. The study included 85 patients with decompansed heart failu...

Pain after any surgical procedure is inevitable but can be controlled by administration of analgesics in most cases. Postoperative pain after surgical treatment of mandibular fractures can be treated by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and opioid analgesics. The purpose of this study is to critically compare the postoperative analgesic efficacy of small doses of intravenous TRAMADO...

Full papers will be published in Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition – 2014 Context Products Ltd www.contextbookshop.com 24th 25th June 2014 University of Nottingham Sutton Bonington Campus Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK www.nottingham.ac.uk/feedconf

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness and safety of epidural anesthesia in elective lumbar microdiscectomy surgery. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-seven patients (78%, female), who were admitted for single level simple microdiscectomy surgery between May 2012 and December 2013 in single spine center of a university hospital, were enrolled into the study. Clinical evaluations wi...