[Piperacillin: use at a general hospital].

Aim: To analyze the use of piperacillin in a general hospital in 1996 and 1997.

Material And Methods: The data from 338 patients who were treated with piperacillin between January 1996 and December 1997 were collected retrospectively.

Results: We analyzed 385 infectious episodes in 338 patients with a mean age of 63.

[Piperacillin: Use in a general hospital].

Aim: To analyze the use of piperacillin in a general hospital in 1996 and 1997. Material and methods: The data from 338 patients who were treated with piperacillin between January 1996 and December 1997 were collected retrospectively. Results: We analyzed 385 infectious episodes in 338 patients with a mean age of 63.

Surgical treatment of pulmonary hydatidosis.

Thirteen years' experience with the surgical treatment of hydatid cystic disease of the lung is analyzed. An unselected series of 149 consecutive patients is reviewed. The preoperative diagnosis was exact in 98% of the cases, our conclusions being based primarily upon radiologic findings.

Supravalvular stenotic mitral ring. A new case with surgical correction.

In this report, we present a case of supravalvular stenotic mitral ring in a child. The lesion created a picture of severe mitral stenosis and was successfully managed by resection of the ring. No other malformations of the mitral apparatus or left ventricular outlfow tract were found.