Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent implantation has become the standard of care for acute myocardial infarction <12 hours from symptom onset. This has led to decreased morbidity and mortality both short and long term compared to thrombolytic therapy. Stent implantation has been demonstrated to be superior to balloon PCI for mechanical reperfusion of acute myocardial infarction....

the optimal fractionation schedule for radiotherapy of head and neck cancer has been controversial. the objective of this randomized trial was to test the efficacy of hyperfractionation vs. standard fractionation. patients with squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck organs were randomly assigned to receive radiotherapy delivered with a) standard fractionation at 2 gy/fraction/day, 5 days/week...

Background: Acute myocardial infarction is associated with high morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. The present study was conducted to assess electrolyte imbalance acute Materials & Methods: 80 patients of AMI both genders were included. Electrolytes such as sodium, Potassium, Calcium measured within 48 hours admission. Results: Out patients, 44 males 36 females. STEMI seen 64 NST...

BACKGROUND Few assessments of the costs and benefits of reducing acute cardiorespiratory morbidity related to air pollution have employed a comprehensive, explicit approach to capturing the full societal value of reduced morbidity. METHODS We used empirical data on the duration and severity of episodes of cardiorespiratory disease as inputs to complementary models of cost of treatment, lost p...

OBJECTIVE To investigate trends in the incidence of acute pancreatitis by examining emergency admissions to acute public hospitals over an 8-year period; to compare trends for alcohol-related pancreatitis admissions with biliary tract-related admissions and to profile the patients admitted with an acute pancreatitis diagnosis. METHODS All in-patient emergency admissions for which an acute pan...

RATIONALE Hyperglycemia and insulin resistance have been shown to increase morbidity and mortality in severely burned patients, and glycemic control appears essential to improve clinical outcomes. However, to date no prospective randomized study exists that determines whether intensive insulin therapy is associated with improved post-burn morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES To determine wheth...

Introduction The impact of critical illness on psychological wellbeing can be severe with patients reporting high levels of anxiety & depression [1]. The psychological impact of critical illness can be long lasting, affecting both patients and their families and impacting on quality of life following hospital discharge [2]. A minority of patients will develop posttraumatic stress disorder follo...

This study examined the longitudinal course, over a 25-month period, of posttraumatic morbidity in a group of 469 firefighters exposed to a bushfire disaster. The patterns of posttraumatic morbidity were defined by the General Health Questionnaire. Contrary to expectation, an acute pattern of morbidity was less common than the delayed-onset or chronic forms. Predisaster variables were found to ...