Can We Really Say That Nebulized Morphine Works?

What do we mean when we say an operation works?

At a conference the other day, while hotly debating the role of hip arthroscopic surgery in the management of osteoarthritis, a friend and colleague announced to the assembled throng, 'We know that hip arthroscopy doesn't work'. You would not have expected the Editor-in-Chief of this journal to remain silent at that moment and I certainly was not. However, what the statement did highlight, of c...

Can we say that seniors are addicted to benzodiazepines?

INTRODUCTION The elderly are the biggest consumers of Benzodiazepines (BZD) and/or BZD equivalents. However, the risks of developing addiction in this age group are often underestimated. METHOD This study describes the nature and extent of addiction in the elderly using DSM IV items. RESULTS We noted a high prevalence of addiction in our population and identified a two-factor profile in sub...

Can we do it? Creating health care that works.

Healing period after open high tibial osteotomy and related factors: Can we really say that it is long?

High tibial osteotomy (HTO) is a general procedure for the treatment of degenerative gonarthrosis. In recent years, it has been reported that opening wedge high tibial osteotomy (OWHTO) has become widespread with good results. Despite these facts, HTOs tend to be avoided due to the need for long-term postoperative treatment. To investigate the treatment period for total recovery (healing period...

You Can Say That Again

t has been two decades since the publication of Davidson’s twin papers, I “Truth and Meaning” (1967) and “On Saying That” (1968). The first proposed that a Tarskian truth theory for a language L can be (the heart of) a theory of meaning for L. The second proposed a radically novel approach, the paratactic account, to the logical form of indirect discourse. The two proposals are related in a num...