Charcot neuroarthropathy: an unusual case and a review of the literature.

Charcot neuroarthropathy is a devastating consequence of diabetes, requiring early identification and immediate management. A differentiation should be made from osteomyelitis and other pathologies. The authors describe a case of Charcot foot with radiological findings of complete fragmentation of the calcaneum.

Masked hypertension assessed by ambulatory blood pressure versus home blood pressure monitoring: is it the same phenomenon?

Background: Masked hypertension is defined as normal clinic blood pressure (CBP) and elevated out-of-clinic blood pressure assessed using either self-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) by the patients at home (HBP) or ambulatory BP (ABP) monitoring. This study investigated the level of agreement between ABP and HBP in the diagnosis of masked hypertension.

Methods: Participants referred to an outpatient hypertension clinic had measurements of CBP (two visits), HBP (4 days), and ABP (24 h).

Reproducibility of home and ambulatory blood pressure in children and adolescents.

Objective: To evaluate the reproducibility of blood pressure measured at home (HBP) in comparison with ambulatory (ABP) and clinic blood pressure (CBP) in children and adolescents.

Participants And Methods: Individuals aged 8-17 years who had been referred for elevated CBP were included. CBP was measured at two visits, HBP on 5 days and ABP for 24 h.

New European, American and International guidelines for hypertension management: agreement and disagreement.

Hypertension is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and its control rates remain poor. In 2003, several official organizations presented new guidelines for hypertension management. These guidelines were developed using an evidence-based interpretation of the available information.

High pretreatment interleukin-10 is an independent predictor of poor failure-free survival in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of pretreatment serum IL-10 (sIL-10) levels with known prognostic factors and with failure-free survival (FFS) in patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL).

Patients And Methods: Interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels were measured in the sera of 36 untreated patients with HL and were subsequently correlated with clinical and laboratory prognostic parameters as well as with FFS.

Results: 36 untreated HL patients (21 men, median age 31 (18-62) years) were studied.