A single-dose vancomycin application after standard protocol in peritoneal dialysis patients with recurrent peritonitis Sir, Peritonitis remains the major cause of catheter removal in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients suffering from recurrent attacks, despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. Bacteria such as coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) from the exit site of the catheter and contaminat...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS In Switzerland, nonmedical right-to-die organisations offer instruction and personal guidance in committing suicide to members suffering from incurable diseases. Suicide is usually committed with a lethal dose of barbiturates prescribed by a physician. This study is a retrospective analysis of all case files of assisted suicide kept during the period 1990-2000 by "Exit De...

A 48 year old patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic acne inversa underwent implantation of a LVAD system (Heartmate II, Thoratec, USA) March 2011. During 2011 and 2012 the patient was repeatedly readmitted for treatment of driveline infection with MRSA. Colonization was controlled with Linezolid and Rifampicin however reoccurred after discontinuation. In August 2012 the LVAD-system wa...

The existing external beamline at the Microanalytical Centre of Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) in Ljubljana has been upgraded order to extend capabilities towards in-air PIXE imaging across relatively large sample surface area (∼1 cm2) with lateral resolution sub 100 µm. For that purpose, a doublet magnetic quadrupole lenses was installed on together newly designed exit nozzle 200 nm Si3N4 window...

Proton beam therapy has gained popularity over recent years. This is likely due to improved affordability; that is, lower cost, and increasing reports on excellent patient-reported outcomes. Protons’ physical properties provide dosimetric advantages photon the unique ability have little-to-no “exit” dose, potentially translating reduced toxicities patient quality of life. The increased delivery...

A new model of the light output from single-crystal scintillators in megavoltage energy x-ray beams has been developed, based on the concept of a Lambertian light guide model (LLG). This was evaluated in comparison with a Monte Carlo (MC) model of optical photon transport, previously developed and reported in the literature, which was used as a gold standard. The LLG model was developed to enab...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Determining antibiotic use in the population is problematic in India, as there are no population level databases on prescriptions and over-the-counter sales. This study attempts to establish a methodology for surveillance of antibiotic use in the community. METHODS Antibiotic use was monitored in fi ve municipal wards of Delhi, from January-December 2004. Thirty co-oper...

BACKGROUND Early exit (drop-out) from drug treatment can mean that drug users do not derive the full benefits that treatment potentially offers. Additionally, it may mean that scarce treatment resources are used inefficiently. Understanding the factors that lead to early exit from treatment should enable services to operate more effectively and better reduce drug related harm. To date, few stud...

PROBLEM ROBERT S. MAIER AND DANIEL L. STEINy Abstract. Consider a two-dimensional continuous-time dynamical system, with an attracting fixed point S. If the deterministic dynamics are perturbed by white noise (random perturbations) of strength , the system state will eventually leave the domain of attraction of S. We analyse the case when, as ! 0, the exit location on the boundary @ is increasi...