[Is the Sodium Thiosulfate Therapy useful for vascular calcification in dialysis Pts?].

Vascular calcifications in uremic patients are associated with a significant increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Sodium thiosulfate (STS) has been shown to reduce the progression of uremic calcifications in haemodialysis patients. In our study we evaluated the effects on evolution of aortic calcifications of the drug infused during the last 2 hours of dialysis sessions at a dose of 10 grams.

Oropharyngeal dysphagia after stroke: incidence, diagnosis, and clinical predictors in patients admitted to a neurorehabilitation unit.

Objective: We analyzed patients with stroke in a neurorehabilitation unit to define incidence of dysphagia, compare clinical bedside assessment and videofluoroscopy (VFS), and define any correlation between dysphagia and clinical characteristic of patients.

Methods: In all, 151 consecutive inpatients with recent ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke were enrolled.

Results: Dysphagia was clinically diagnosed in 62 of 151 patients (41%).

An old threat in a new setting: High prevalence of silicosis among jewelry workers.

Background: Silicosis is caused by inhaling free crystalline silica. Few case reports have addressed the risk of silicosis in the jewelry trade where chalk molds containing a high percentage of silica are used in casting. We conducted a cross-sectional study involving 100 goldsmiths exposed to silica.