Editorial I: Neurocritical care: has it come of age?

Multimedia Conferencing: Has It Come of Age? Multimedia Conferencing: Has It Come of Age?

Right Ventricular Septal Pacing: Has it come of age?

Prolonged pacing from the right ventricular (RV) apex has been shown to be associated with progressive left ventricular dysfunction as demonstrated by heart failure, atrial fibrillation and an increased morbidity and mortality [1-6]. This has led to an interest in alternate RV pacing sites and in particular the mid RV septum and the RV outflow tract (RVOT) septum [7-11]. These sites are theoret...

Mechanical insufflation/exsufflation: has it come of age? A commentary.

12 In 1852, the English physician MERYON [1] described how a 16-yr-old male with what was to become known as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, died from acute respiratory failure during a febrile episode with "profuse secretion of mucus from the trachea and larynx". One-hundred and fifty years later, over 90% of episodes of respiratory failure in patients with muscular dystrophy are caused by ineffe...

Has It Come Out of Its Marginality?

This paper explores the role migration has played in development studies, and in debates on economic growth and poverty. It argues that, despite a recent surge of interest in international migration and remittances, research on human mobility particularly for labour within poor countries does not have the place it deserves, and that it used to have in the classical development literature. Revie...

Has antifungal susceptibility testing come of age?

The in vitro susceptibility of an infecting organism to the antimicrobial agent selected for therapy is one of several factors that influence the likelihood that therapy for an infection will be successful. To appreciate the value of antifungal susceptibility testing, it is helpful to review the overall predictive utility of antibacterial susceptibility testing. After >30 years of study, in vit...