Preoperative cardiac assessment has become an integral part of contemporary anesthesia practice. Simple clinical markers can identify high-risk patients, but the question of how to reduce cardiac complications among high-risk patients has been controversial. Good quality randomized controlled trials have showed that neither preoperative coronary revascularization nor the placement of pulmonary ...

Eating disorders continue to be a prevalent problem in modern society, with serious, potentially lifethreatening consequences. Anorexia nervosa (AN) is estimated to affect 1% of all children, adolescents, and young adults, bulimia nervosa (BN) is found in 1% to 19% depending on population surveyed, and “eating disorder not otherwise specified” (EDNOS) is found in as many as two-thirds of colleg...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This prospective, multicenter study was performed to determine the frequency of symptomatic complications up to 30 months after stroke using prespecified definitions of complications. METHODS We recruited 311 consecutive stroke patients admitted to hospital. Research nurses reviewed their progress on a weekly basis until hospital discharge and again at 6, 18, and 30 mon...

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a well-recognized heterogeneous psychiatric disorder, associated with high morbidity and mortality with several medical complications. Besides a brief review, this paper also reports on a single female patient with AN. Eating disorders are reported to be slightly more common among western cultures, but developing countries are not immune to eating disorders. This patien...

Lipolytic injections are widely used in cosmetology practice. In most cases, they to correct the contours of body, as well reduce amount fat deposits submental area. Side effects after their use rare and, a rule, resolve themselves. However, case non-certified medications, frequency and severity complications increase sharply, which requires timely highly qualified therapy.
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