Publications by authors named "C Comtesse"

The correct insulin application is an important aspect of a successful insulin therapy. Today, we have devices, which make insulin therapies easier to handle, socially more acceptable, and safer Of these, insulin pens are the most frequently used devices. This paper summarizes the particular knowledge necessary for correct and precise instruction of patients with regard to the choice of the pen and the fitting syringe as well as details of the correct use of the different pens.

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Eight pregnancies complicated by immunologic thrombocytopenic purpura are described and the literature is reviewed. We conclude that, while steroid treatment favorably influenced fetal platelet counts in our cases, overall experience with this disease indicates that such protection is incomplete in some cases and unnecessary in others. Antiplatelet antibody levels show promise as excellent indicators of fetal thrombocytopenia, and elevated levels may be an indication for steroid therapy for the improvement of fetal well-being in some cases.

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