Prevalence of voice problems in priests and some risk factors contributing to them.

Objectives: The purpose of this questionnaire study was to explore the prevalence and possible risk factors for voice problems in priests.

Methods: About 2044 evangelical Lutheran priests received a link to an electronic questionnaire and 44.1% (n = 901) completed it.

Insulin glargine improves glycaemic control after coronary surgery in patients with diabetes or pre-diabetes.

Objectives: Determine if pre-emptive daily insulin glargine surpasses regular insulin when needed for glycaemic control after cardiac surgery.

Design: Prospective, randomized study of 43 patients (scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting) with preoperatively diagnosed diabetes (DM) or pre-DM. Lantus group received insulin glargine daily from start of surgery while Actrapid group received regular insulin (sliding scale) when needed (plasma glucose (P-glu)>10 mmol/l).

Numerical evaluation of minimal biochemical test combinations for the identification of Enterobacteriaceae species.

Species identification of 572 clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae was determined using an in-house biochemical test panel and API 20E. The overall agreement was 82.7 per cent.

The safety and effectiveness of remifentanil as an adjunct sedative for regional anesthesia.

Unlabelled: We assessed the sedative potential of continuous infusions of remifentanil with a validated composite alertness scale in 160 patients (ASA physical status I or II) undergoing hip replacement surgery with spinal block (n = 61) or hand surgery using brachial plexus block (n = 93). They were randomized to receive one of the following initial dose regimens in double-blinded fashion: placebo or 0.04, 0.

Transferable trimethoprim resistance in urinary tract pathogens isolated in Finland and Sweden.

The incidence of trimethoprim resistance (MIC greater than 4 micrograms/ml) among urinary pathogens from inpatients was earlier shown to be 1.6-3.6% in Stockholm and 31-49% in Turku in 1977-1978.

Use of electrophoresis in the identification and quantitation of antibiotics administered in combinations.

The investigation presents a method of electrophoretic separation of antibacterial drugs which are used in combinations in clinical medicine. Subsequent to electrophoresis in agarose gel, a microbiological assay was performed. This technique permitted the determination of the concentrations of beta-lactam antibiotics, rifampicin, and clindamycin in the presence of aminoglycosides.

Application of electrophoresis for separation of trimethoprim and sulphamethoxazole in combined therapy.

Determination of the concentration of each drug in the combination trimethoprim: sulphamethoxazole was performed in patient sera by separation of the drugs by electrophoresis in agarose-gel followed by microbiological assay. The electrophoretic method was equivalent to the methods used in the routine and showed good reproducibility,