Azathioprine-related cholestatic jaundice in heart transplant patients.

Azathioprine is an immunosuppressive drug occasionally indicted as the cause of some episodes of acute cholestasis. The case described confirms the possibility of acute, severe, and reversible cholestatic hepatopathy of iatrogenic (toxic rather than idiosyncratic) origin.

[Evaluation of the cardiac and peripheral vascular effects of the administration of single-dose enalapril and captopril in essential arterial hypertension].

The effects of single orally-administered dose of enalapril and captopril on central and district-peripheral circulations have been studied in 20 patients with essential arterial hypertension. Either drug caused a decrease in arterial pressure, telesystolic and telediastolic parietal stress, and a reduction in the peripheral vascular resistance of upper limb district. Furthermore, at the upper limb district level, increases in arterial flow and venous-system capacity have been observed.

[Rehabilitative approach in osteoarticular pathology in the elderly].

Acute and chronic osteoarticular pathology is quickly reviewed. After a review of the most important orthopaedic operations, the most significant types of physical therapy that are most suitable for individual cases are described in detail. Finally it is pointed out that physical exercise is the most natural way to stimulated new bone growth and that medical gymnastics is important for the elderly and using menopause.

[Paramorphism and the sport of volley ball].

The Author on the basis that sport activity is a great preventive treatment against paramorphisms analyzes volley-ball and particularly the possible connections between paramorphism, spinal column and volley-ball.