ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718020

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

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SummaryWc report the short-term effects of very-low-calorie liquid formula diet (n = 51) and of 600 Kcalories diet (n = 13) in patients who were hospitalized during 3 weeks. Weight loss averaged 278±I4g/day (m±SEM). It was slightly higher with the very-low-calorie liquid formula diet (293±21 g vs 242±25 g, N.S.). Individual weight-loss was unpredictable and highly variable; it ranged from 62 to 636 g/day.During the very-low-calorie formula diet, the expected low T3 syndrome was observed and 12 patients were given T3 (25μg during the second week and 50μg during the third week).These rather small doses corrected T3 values, but lowered total and free T4 levels. T3 administration did not modify the magnitude of weight loss in our patients.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718021

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

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SummaryThe activity of amoxycillin/clavulanic acid (Augmentin®) and ticarcillin/clavulanic acid (Timentin®) was tested against 303 unselected clinical anaerobic isolates recently collected in seven Belgian university hospitals and compared with that of 11 other antimicrobial agents.Bacteroidesspp. accounted for 52.1 % of the isolates,Clostridiumspp. for 23.4 %, anaerobic cocci for 15.5 %, nonsporeforming gram-positive bacilli for 4.6 % andFusobacteriumspp. for 3.3 %. Ticarcillin/clavulanic acid (fixed clavulanic acid concentration of 2 mg/l) was the most active drug with an overall susceptibility rate of 99.7 %. Amoxycillin/clavulanic acid (fixed ratio of 2:1) and chloramphenicol inhibited 97.4 % of the isolates, metronidazole 95.4%, piperacillin 92.4 %, ticarcillin 91.4 %, clindamycin 87.8 %, cefotetan 81.2%, cefazolin 63.0%, eefuroxime 60.4%, erythromycin 57.8%, penicillin 57.1% and doxycycline 52.1 %. B.-lactamases were detected exclusively inBacteroidesspp. isolates (79.1 % positive).

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718022

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

数据来源: Taylor

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SummaryTuberous sclerosis or Bourneville’s disease is a phakomatosis with common but paucisymptomatic bone localisations. Some osseous lesions, of osteosclerotic type, can be radiologically diagnosed as primary or secondary malignant disorders.We describe a case of Bourneville’s disease with bone involvement, radiologically characterized by osteosclerosis areas of the spine and the pelvis. Interestingly, bone scintiscan was normal.The absence of primary malignancy, the stability of control bone X-ray films, the clinical status and the family history, together with the pathognomonic radiological feature of the hands support the diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis with bone involvement.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718023

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

数据来源: Taylor

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SummaryThe Schleider and/or the Exner test have been found positive in twenty-one patients; five of these patients suffered of systcmic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The Quick time and the activated partial thromboplastin time are normal in 52 % of the cases. 40 % have a minor haemorrhagic diathesis, without other significant clotting defect and 30 % have thrombo-cmbolic complications. The Schleider index is more often strongly positive (>2) in these two groups. 58 % have an anemia, 25 % a mild thrombocytopenia not deep enough to explain an haemorrhagic tendency (from 90.000 to 140.000/mm1). Several auto-immune tests are frequently positive even without SLE. The Schleider test is positive in 86 % of the cases and appears a little more useful for the diagnosis than the Exner test, which has a 71 % positivity.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718024

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

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SummaryHigh levels of serum amylase and CA19.9 were noted in a patient with papillary serous cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary. Electrophoresis identified isoamylases of salivary type. Both markers decreased rapidly after removal of the ovarian tumour. These considerations argue in favor of the early detection of amylase isoenzymes in patients in whom history, objective signs, and routine diagnostic studies fail to disclose a pancreatic disease.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718025

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

数据来源: Taylor

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SummaryWe report the case of a patient who presented with cardiac and neurological signs of lithium toxicity as the result of an association with amitriptyline.These manifestations disappeared spontaneously as medication was stopped. We review the possible physiopathological mechanisms that could account for these adverse effects.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718026

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

数据来源: Taylor

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SummaryA study was jointly conducted by three universities in order to determine whether the systematic prevention of B-thalassacmia and related affections is justified in the French-speaking part of Belgium.In the entire geographical area considered, 19.1 % of the population are foreign; 19.2% of births take place within foreign families. Around 59.7 % of foreigners come from regions where B-thalassaemia is endemic. The ethnic minorities are mostly concentrated in the cities and notably in Brussels. Around 4, 1% of the minorities ethnically at risk arc carriers of B-thalassacmia. Births of new cases of thalassaemia major can be estimated at 2.9 per year, which would result, in the absence of prevention, in a population of 130 cases of thalassaemia major.In recent years, patient care lias improved considerably, as demonstrated by an increasingly early diagnosis and institution of chelating therapy with an attendant gradual drop in ferritin levels. However, study of age histograms reveals that care of patients in non-endemic regions is not as satisfactory as in endemic countries where complete haemoglobinopathy control programmes i.ave been developed.Psycho-social questioning of a sample of families confirmed that thalassaemia major is an affection which seriously impairs the quality of life.Finally, calculations projected over 20 years revealed that systematic prevention would cost from 2.3 to 2.8 times less than a purely curative approach.The authors conclude that a body of epidemiological, clinical, psycho-social, and economic argument sjustify with out any doubt the prevention of B-thalassacmia and related affections in the French-speaking part of Belgium.

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718027

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718028

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:1784-3286    

DOI:10.1080/17843286.1989.11718029

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1989

数据来源: Taylor