Prognostic factors in gastric cancer evaluated by using Cox regression model.

Objective: To identify the most relevant short-term predictor variables in gastric cancer removal.

Experimental Design: A retrospective survival analysis executed by using the Cox regression model; the follow-up period is included between 18 and 90 months.

Setting: A district general hospital surgery unit: "Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, Ospedale Civile di Urbino" (Marche, Italy).

Comparison of colloidal bismuth subcitrate and metronidazole, both in combination with an H2-antagonist as therapy for Helicobacter pylori.

In this random study, the efficacy of either colloidal bismuth subcitrate (CBS) or metronidazole in combination with an H2-antagonist in the treatment of various gastric pathologies was evaluated, along with the trends in antibody levels. Among the 40 Helicobacter pylori-positive patients with various gastroduodenal pathologies who underwent chemotherapy, 27 were treated with CBS and 13 with metronidazole. H.

[Acute abdominal pain and appendicitis in childhood].

The diagnosis of acute appendicitis is still difficult to ascertain in children. However, a complete anamnesis, an accurate physical examination as well as a careful evaluation of other medical and surgical possibilities causing abdominal pain allow to arrive to a correct diagnosis in 80% of cases. Laboratory findings may be helpful but usually don't add further information.

[A case report of Cushing's syndrome due to an adrenal carcinoma].

A rare case of ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome due to carcinoma is described. A thirty-year-old woman presented with systolic-diastolic hypertension, unsuccessfully treated for several months with ACE and beta-blockers. During this period physical changes such as centripetal obesity, rubeosis, and hair loss were observed.