Early development of deep-vein thrombosis following hip fracture surgery: the role of venous wall thickening detected by B-mode ultrasonography.

Deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) remains the most frequent complication following hip surgery. This study was designed in order to evaluate the development of DVT after hip fracture surgery, and to determine if venous wall thickening detected before surgery predisposes patients to postoperative DVT. Systematic ultrasound examinations were performed on 100 consecutive patients undergoing hip fracture surgery on the day preceding the operation, and then postoperatively on days 2, 5 and 10.

Acute mountain sickness relates to sea-level partial pressure of oxygen.

The aim of this study was to clarify the relationships between acute mountain sickness (AMS), studied during an expedition in the Andes, and some physiological parameters determined before the expedition, i.e. biometrical characteristics of the subjects [maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), body fat content, body mass index], functional pulmonary tests (forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume at the first second), ventilatory or cardiac responses measured at 4,500 m [hypoxic ventilatory responses (HVR) 4,500 and hypoxic cardiac responses (HCR) 4,500, respectively), cold pressor responses.