[Diagnosis and treatment of asthma].

Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways. It is suggested by characteristic history of recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and/or cough especially at night or in early morning. In asthmatic patients spirometry or pulmonary function tests demonstrate airflow obstruction that improves significantly, defined as both a 12% and 200 ml improvement in either FEV1 in response to inhaled bronchodilator.

[Observation Unit].

Observation Unit is an extention of Emergency Department for evaluation and stabilization of patients beyond the traditional 2- to 3-hour limit. A benefit of this continued patient management is better definition of the patient's problem, with resulting reduction in costs and inappropriate dispositions. The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of medical care for patients through extended evaluation and treatment while reducing inappropriate admissions and health care costs.

[Retroperitoneal ganglioneuroma: a case report].

The ganglioneuroma is a benign neuroblastic tumor and derives from immature cells of the sympathetic nerve system. The ganglioneuroma is a very rare disease and effects newborns and infants more often than adolescents and adults. The benign tumors are relatively difficult to diagnose since they usually are asymptomatic.

The effect of recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on oral and periodontal manifestations in a patient with cyclic neutropenia: a case report.

Cyclic Neutropenia (CN) is characterized by recurrent infections, fever, oral ulcerations, and severe periodontitis as result of the reduced host defences. The previous studies have established the effectiveness of recombinant granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) to increase the number and the function of neutrophils in the peripheral blood in this disease. In a 20-year-old Caucasian female with a diagnosis of cyclic neutropenia, oral clinical examination revealed multiple painful ulcerations of the oral mucosa, poor oral hygiene conditions, marginal gingivitis, and moderate periodontitis.

[Acute asthma and coma in Emergency Department: a case report].

Acute asthma is a common medical emergency. The goals of therapy are therefore to remove hypoxaemia, improve airflow limitation and prevent death. We describe the case of a 51-year-old woman with asthma admitted to Emergency Department after complaining acute respiratory failure and coma.