OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between perioperative patient characteristics and treatment modalities (eg, vasopressor use and volume of fluid administration) with complications and failure rates in patients undergoing head and neck free tissue transfer (FTT). STUDY DESIGN A retrospective review of medical records. SETTING Perioperative hospitalization for head and neck FTT at 1 t...

Background Non-organic failure to thrive (NFTT) is the most common cause of failure to thrive (FTT) which is attributed to inadequate nutrition due to economic factors or parental neglect. NFTT can lead to a vicious cycle of poor and inadequate eating and severity of anemia. The aim of this study was to determine the hematological indices in children with&nb...

* Corresponding author. ** Work supported by P.O.N. 2000/2006 “Ricerca Scientifica, Sviluppo Tecnologico, Alta Formazione” per le Regioni Obiettivo 1, D.M. 593/00, art.12, Misura 1.3. “Sviluppo dei Distretti Industriali per le Osservazioni della Terra”. Abstract – This study introduces two applications of remotely sensed data to detect degraded areas and to evaluate the relative pollution produ...

Roughly one in two Americans has a chronic disease, and an estimated 1.7 million die each year from chronic illness.1 Most will have a chronic illness for a prolonged time before they die. Until 2005, lung cancer was the most common terminal diagnosis in hospices. Now, however, debility not otherwise specified (NOS) has surpassed lung cancer as the most common diagnosis (Table 1). Debility NOS ...

Non-organic failure to thrive has traditionally been regarded as due primarily to maternal rejection and neglect. A critical reappraisal of the evidence suggests a more balanced view of the mother-child relationship should be taken. A classification of the condition, founded on facts not concepts, is urgently required. Non-organic failure to thrive should be viewed in a multidimensional context...