‘Another wall of turf’

Another brick in the wall.

Sao Paulo Med J/Rev Paul Med 2002; 120(2):35. The history of lung cancer spans many years, and over recent decades excision of tumors has been considered as the only effective treatment. In 1933 Graham performed the first successful pneumonectomy due to lung cancer. In 1937 Ochsner and DeBakey first concluded that smoking is a cause of lung cancer. This important observation was confirmed by Do...

Another side of the editorial wall.

LipidII: Just Another Brick in the Wall?

Nearly all bacteria contain a peptidoglycan cell wall. The peptidoglycan precursor molecule is LipidII, containing the basic peptidoglycan building block attached to a lipid. Although the suitability of LipidII as an antibacterial target has long been recognized, progress on elucidating the role(s) of LipidII in bacterial cell biology has been slow. The focus of this review is on exciting new d...

Point: Pulmonary inhalation of insulin: another "brick in the wall".

Another “Brick in the Wall” The latest innovation for advancing diabetes care is not a new pharmacologic class; it represents a new “twist” on one of the oldest pharmacologic agents known for treatment of diabetes. After 80 years of clinical use and after many years of research for alternative means of delivery (including dermal, nasal, and oral approaches), insulin delivered by pulmonary inhal...

Another brick in the wall of needs for invasive ventilation?

Ventilator-induced lung injury and ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction are major complications in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure. Invasive ventilation adds a further burden by increasing the risk of infections. An approach that protects both lung and diaphragm is pivotal. Mirabella and colleagues compared conventional controlled ventilation with a mode ...