[Comprehensive Preoperative Evaluation of Patients with Lung Cancer].

Surgical resection continues to be a mainstay of curative treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancers stages I - III and some small cell lung cancers. Reported rates of complications and mortality vary considerably. Therefore, a thorough and comprehensive preoperative evaluation of lung cancer patients is crucial in order to select appropriate surgical candidates and to determine their individual risk, including the extent of resection possible.

[Comprehensive Preoperative Evaluation of Patients with Lung Cancer].

Surgical resection continues to be a mainstay of curative treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancers stages I - III and some small cell lung cancers. Reported rates of complications and mortality vary considerably. Therefore, a thorough and comprehensive preoperative evaluation of lung cancer patients is crucial in order to select appropriate surgical candidates and to determine their individual risk, including the extent of resection possible.

[Complete atrioventricular block during lithium therapy within therapeutic range].

History And Clinical Findings: A 69-year-old man came to the emergency unit because of vertigo and presyncope. A bipolar disorder - known since an age of 15 years - has been treated with 2 × 450 mg lithium and 100 mg perazine per day for several years (no other medications). With the exception of a low heart rate (36/min) clinical examination findings were unremarkable.

[Subacute anterior myocardial infarction after mild blunt chest trauma in a 32-year-old man].

History And Clinical Finding: A 32-year-old man came to the surgical department because of persisting retrosternal pain radiating to the left side of the thorax for two days. During a move an armchair had slipped out of his hands and caused a mild blunt chest trauma. The further clinical examination findings were unremarkable.

EUS accurately predicts the need for therapeutic ERCP in patients with a low probability of biliary obstruction.

Background: Because of its inherent risks, ERCP should only be performed for purposes of treatment. EUS and MRCP have emerged as diagnostic alternatives before therapeutic ERCP.

Objective: Our purpose was to test the accuracy of EUS in predicting the need for therapeutic ERCP in low-risk patients.