“Surgery is simple-it requires only anatomy and hemostasis”

Fat balance in cystic fibrosis: is it only a simple matter of maldigestion and malabsorption?

Cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common severe genetic disease in Caucasian populations, causes a generalized disorder of the secretory epithelia of all exocrine glands. The basic defect of altered salt and water transport leads to secondary alterations of the pancreas and the gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary and respiratory tracts. Fifteen years after the identification of the gene locus for CF [...

Population strategies for prevention? If only it were that simple!

Platelet Refractoriness and how it is formed

Abstract Background and Objectives Transfusion of platelet has become one of the main treatments for thrombocytopenic patients to reduce the severity and frequency of bleeding consequences. Failure to attain the desired level of platelets in a patient following platelet transfusion is defined as platelet refractoriness. The purpose of present paper is to review and study the mechanisms involve...

Knowledge is only rumour, until it is in the muscle.

Learning is not only knowledge acquirement; it is about taking action, generating results and mobilising others. An essential component of acquiring knowledge is the willingness to change, reflected in an old New Guinean proverb “Knowledge is only rumour, until it is in the muscle.” With this fundamental idea, the Dutch Association of Sports Medicine (Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde)—founded i...

[Reducing asthma treatment: is it as simple as it seems?].

El objetivo máximo en el tratamiento del asma es alcanzar el control total de la enfermedad con el menor riesgo de efectos adversos. Las diferentes guías y consensos nacionales e internacionales, comparten un mismo mensaje en relación al tratamiento: controlar el asma con la menor dosis posible y eficaz de fármacos, referido generalmente al uso de corticoides inhalados (CI).1-4 Las distintas es...