Colorectal cancer in the young, many questions, few answers

Many Questions and Few Answers: On Conversión in English

Conversión is a well-known word-formation process which, a priori, seems relatively easy to identify. However, a cióse look at its basics brings to light some critical questions which still remain unanswered to this day. The very nature of this operation, and the concepts of full and partial conversión are therefore here examined in the light of a need for explicit criteria for recognition of a...

Emergence delirium in children: many questions, few answers.

The introduction of a new generation of inhaled anesthetics into pediatric clinical practice has been associated with a greater incidence of ED, a short-lived, but troublesome clinical phenomenon of uncertain etiology. A variety of anesthesia-, surgery-, patient-, and adjunct medication-related factors have been suggested to play a potential role in the development of such an event. Restless be...

Use of biomarkers in sepsis: many questions, few answers

Why do we use biomarkers in sepsis? There are several answers to this question. Some researchers argue that biomarkers are used to assess the prognosis of septic patients, (1) but why should we use a biomarker merely to determine whether a patient has a higher risk of death when currently available interventions are not able to modify the prognosis? (2) As we all know, dozens of randomized cont...

Language and hybrids: too many answers for too few questions.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment for pandemic influenza: many questions, few answers

In this volume, an article by Hruby and Hoffman titled "Avian influenza: an osteopathic component to treatment" proposes the use of osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) as an adjunct to other forms of therapy in the management of a potential pandemic of avian influenza or "bird flu" [1]. This article is certainly timely and presents a much-needed reminder of the potential use of OMT in the ...