Should spirometer quality control be treated like other laboratory devices?

Whether all patients with Central precocious puberty should be treated?

Extended Abstract   Precocious puberty is the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics before 8 years old in girls and 9 years old in boys. Precocious puberty is divided into 3 groups of central, peripheral and normal variants. Central precocious puberty is accompanied by activation of hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis which causes increase in secretion of GnRH, and in turn increase i...

Should High-grade Extraosseous Osteosarcoma Be Treated With Multimodality Therapy Like Other Soft Tissue Sarcomas?

BACKGROUND Extraosseous osteosarcoma is rare, and the most appropriate therapy is unclear because there are few studies regarding its treatment. The effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy remains uncertain owing to conflicting results in previous reports. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES To review our experience with contemporary multimodality treatment, we asked: (1) What is the disease-specific surv...

How ARDS should be treated.

The Berlin definition criteria applied at positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) 5 cm H2O reasonably predict lung edema and recruitabilty. To maintain viable gas exchange, the mechanical ventilation becomes progressively more risky going from mild to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Tidal volume, driving pressure, flow, and respiratory rate have been identified as causes of v...

Blunt renal artery trauma: how should it be treated, or rather, should it be treated?

Videoregistration of surgery should be used as a quality control.

Quality control of medical treatment is strictly organized and supervised. Efficacy and safety have to be proven in large randomized controlled trials, which need ethical review board approval. Content and quality of marketed drugs is controlled by industry and government. After market introduction, postmarketing surveillance is organized. This quality control is necessary to obtain reliable an...