Lung transplantation is a therapeutic option for selected patients with severe interstitial disease who continue to have progressive clinical deterioration. There is a survival advantage for selected patients who undergo transplant, but it primarily improves quality of life after transplantation. Unfortunately, patients with IPF have worse outcomes following lung transplantation due to various ...

Serotonergic antidepressants are the most widely used group of antidepressant medications. Although generally considered to have a favorable adverse-effect profile, serotonergic antidepressants are associated with potentially dangerous medical complications, some of which have only recently become apparent to patients and clinicians. This article reviews the association of serotonergic antidepr...

This paper reports the experience of treating patients with hepatic cirrhosis and ascites with an aldosterone inhibitor in addition to conventional therapy. Good results are demonstrated in 13 patients previously resistant to treatment.

BACKGROUND Fecal impaction (FI) is a common problem in the elderly and other at-risk groups, such as patients with a neuro-psychiatric disease. It has been associated with medical problems and high morbi-mortality. A systematic review of this topic might be useful to improve the knowledge in this area and helpful to make an appropriate and early diagnosis. METHODS A PubMed systematic search w...

THE DIRECT MORTALITY associated with operations upon the heart and great vessels has steadily declined as surgeons have become more familiar with the operative management of various congenital and acquired malformations, and as improvements have been made in methods of preoperative preparation, the conduct of cardiopulmonary bypass, and in postoperative management. Nevertheless, complications s...

Abstract Aim Arthroplasty procedures are commonly performed in the UK. For each procedure informed consent is required. To obtain patient and their surgeon should discuss risks benefits of proposed operation, including complication rates. In literature regional complications arthroplasty generally well documented. The systemic medical less described. This lack accurate data could make it diffic...