Hypertension —Update 2005

Update in pulmonary hypertension 2005.

This article summarizes and puts into perspective the most important advances made in 2005 in the field of pulmonary vascular disease. The focuswill be entirely on pathogenetic and therapeutic aspects of pulmonary hypertension, although important articles have also been published in other areas of pulmonary vascular disease, including pulmonary embolism (1, 2) and high-altitude pulmonary edema ...

AIDS epidemic update 2005

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Update in transplantation 2005.

The current status of the field over the past several years was summarized in the 2005 Official Report of the Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) (1). The overall level of activity reported in 2003 was close to that of 2002, including 931 bilateraland 772 singlelung transplantations, and 74 heart–lung transplantations. The number of bilateral procedu...

PALS update 2005.

Many of the changes in BLS recommended in 2005 Guidelines are designed to simplify CPR recommendations, increase the number and quality of chest compressions delivered, and increase the number of uninterrupted chest compressions. The recommendations for compressions have been summarized as, "Push harder, push faster, allow the chest to fully recoil, and stop only to use a bag mask to ventilate ...

Dementia update 2005.