Cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC for peritoneal carcinomatosis in the elderly.

Background: The combined treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy is a rigorous surgical treatment, most suitable for young and good performance status patients. We evaluated the outcomes of elderly patients undergoing CRS and HIPEC for peritoneal carcinomatosis with careful perioperative care.

Methods: All consecutive patients 70 years of age or older who were treated for peritoneal carcinomatosis over the past five years were included.

Videolaryngoscopy in the management of the difficult airway: a comparison with the Macintosh blade.

Background And Objective: Several studies have shown that videolaryngoscopes can provide better laryngeal exposure than conventional laryngoscopy. These studies, however, did not exclusively focus on patients with an anticipated difficult intubation. The aim of the present study was to assess whether a videolaryngoscope would provide better laryngeal exposure than conventional laryngoscopy and therefore facilitate intubation in cases of difficult laryngoscopy.

Cerebrospinal fluid of patients administered moxifloxacin modulates the secretion of cytokines from human monocytes.

To evaluate the ex vivo immunomodulatory properties of moxifloxacin, we applied serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 50 patients who received a single oral dose of 400 mg. Patients were divided into 5 groups according to time lapsing between sampling and drug intake: group I, 0.5 to 1 h; group II, 1 to 2 h; group III, 2 to 4 h; group IV, 4 to 6 h; and group V, 6 to 8 h.

Pharmacokinetics of moxifloxacin in non-inflamed cerebrospinal fluid of humans: implication for a bactericidal effect.

Objectives: To evaluate the ability of moxifloxacin to penetrate healthy brain barriers.

Methods: Fifty patients received a single oral dose of 400 mg as an antimicrobial prophylaxis regimen for a short urological procedure under spinal anaesthesia. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were sampled at different time intervals post-drug intake and patients were divided into five groups, as follows: group I: 0.

Lung cancer: quality of life after surgery.

Purpose: Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in both men and women in our country. It has been estimated that there will be 6,000 lung cancer deaths every year in Greece. However, many patients with bronchogenic carcinoma also have coexistent obstructive lung disease.