A randomized trial comparing two corticosteroid regimens combined with mycophenolate mofetil and cyclosporine for prevention of acute renal allograft rejection.

Introduction: The launching of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has reduced the incidence of acute rejection episodes. We sought to evaluate the efficacy of decreasing the steroid dose.

Materials And Methods: This was a quasiexperimental, randomized, prospective trial.

Single-dose ciprofloxacin versus 3 days of norfloxacin in uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women.

A double-blind, randomized controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a single dose of 500 mg of ciprofloxacin versus 3 days 400 mg twice-daily of norfloxacin in uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women was designed. Patients underwent four visits: baseline, and at 3, 7 and 28 days. The main efficacy variables were clinical and microbiological outcome at day 7.

[Prevalence of cognitive deterioration in a geriatric urban population].

A descriptive study was carried out in Salt (Gerona) to evaluate the prevalence of cognitive impairment in a geriatric urban population and its relation with several variables which might have an influence on it. The cognitive status was evaluated with the score in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). A representative sample of 392 individuals was obtained out of an overall population of 2,394 registered persons above 65 years of age; 354 of them were interviewed.