Archive for October, 2014

  • Health Care: History of Asthma

    Health Care: History of Asthma

    FINDING FREEDOM Asthma, however, is more than an isolated event — if we want to heal ourselves, we must find a way to make sense of an illness that we are taught to believe is random and unfair. From the mindbody perspective, asthma is a […]

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  • Scanning of the whole thorax and the abdomen

    Scanning of the whole thorax and the abdomen

    The ongoing study for SST (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, phase II, including the combination of cisplatin and etopo-side and radiotherapy [45 Gy] before surgery) addresses this issue. But whether the chemoradiation regime will improve resectability figures is question-able. Proper preoperative staging is the cornerstone in […]

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  • External beam radiotherapy in Australia

    External beam radiotherapy in Australia

    Earlier reports of treatment of SST have only historical value because major improvements have been made in staging (CT scan, MRI, (video-) mediastinoscopy and, more recently, positron emission tomography and endoscopic ultrasonography), surgical skills (type of incision), and radiotherapy (treatment planning and delivery). Most surgical […]

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  • Morbidity and use of analgesics

    Morbidity and use of analgesics

    We are now prospectively monitoring functional morbidity and use of analgesics, as these subjects are important parameters related to quality of life. Although the goal of cancer treatment should be tumor control and improvement of survival, optimal locore-gional treatment will reflect in better local relapse-free […]

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  • The present analysis identified several historical risk factors for acute asthma relapse

    The present analysis identified several historical risk factors for acute asthma relapse

    The present analysis identified several historical risk factors for acute asthma relapse. These results are similar to those obtained from three, single-center studies. McCarren et al observed 284 adult asthmatics for up to 8 weeks and found a 48% relapse rate. They found that patients […]

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  • VTE in the Critical Care Unit: Risks

    VTE in the Critical Care Unit: Risks

    Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality associated with critical illness. Among patients who died while in the ICU, PE has been reported in 7 to 27% (mean, 13%) of postmortem examinations, and PE was thought to have caused […]

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  • Mental Health

    Mental Health

    THE ESSENTIALS OF HAVING FUN This, in essence, is the FUN approach: to Focus on the asthma in a new way; to Undo (reverse, eliminate) old patterns of thought and behavior; and to Now Act so as to transform those life situations that suppress and […]

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  • Mortality from asthma has been increasing

    Mortality from asthma has been increasing

    Mortality from asthma has been increasing, raising questions about the increasing prevalence and severity of asthma, as well as about the potential effects of changes in the medical management of asthma. Leikauf et al attribute the increasing prevalence and mortality to be more likely related […]

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