Statins play an important role in the treatment and prevention of coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis. Currently, however, despite its important qualities, the use of statin therapy in the treatment of CAD patients ranges only between 30 and 60% in Europe, the United States and Israel. A wide gap still exists between the numerous scientific publications demonstrating the beneficial effe...

CERTAIN technical procedures, such as venepuncture, endotracheal intubation and artificial respiration are performed routinely by the anasthetist. Additionally, he should be in the habit of making rapid assessment of the severely ill patient and instituting supportive therapy, particularly where there may be cardio-vascular or respiratory failure. As a natural consequence anisthetists are no lo...

AIM To study the effects of supervised inpatient occlusion treatment for amblyopia in children who had failed to respond to outpatient treatment. METHODS A retrospective study of 39 children admitted to a paediatric ophthalmic ward for 5 days of supervised intensive occlusion therapy having previously failed to respond to outpatient occlusion. Visual acuity of amblyopic and fellow eyes was re...

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the profile of patients treated by Speech-Language therapists in a Critical Patient Unit. Methods: an ex post facto, observational and descriptive study was carried out. Monthly statistical data hospitalized period January-December 2018 were analyzed, Intensive Care Unit at public hospital. Data described from analysis frequency measures central tendency. The dis...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, it was investigated whether piracetam improves language recovery in poststroke aphasia assessed by neuropsychological tests and activation PET measurement of cerebral blood flow. METHODS Twenty-four stroke patients with aphasia were randomly allocated to 2 groups: 12 patients received 2400 mg piracetam twice dail...

BACKGROUND Intensive speech therapy improves language function in patients with chronic aphasia, although treatment in the acute phase is more effective than in the chronic phase. Unfortunately, most patients with stroke go untreated due to socioeconomic problems. This study was performed to develop and test a speech therapy-based telerehabilitation program (iAphasia), suitable for use on a mob...