An approach to establishing a health information market.

The Tempus CME project "Regional Network for Healthcare Management" was aiming to perform a feasibility study for a communication network dedicated to the healthcare field. The needs assessment survey as well as the debates during the working sessions and during the conference on how communication can support a better healthcare delivery, substantiated the approach for achieving the Romanian health information market. The proposed communication network can be considered as a national information infrastructure offering good links between health, education, research and industry and a unique frame for information providers and users, for the estate and private companies.

Acetazolamide therapy evaluation in haemorrhagic stroke.

The influence of acetazolamide in patients with hemorrhagic stroke was assessed in 54 patients in comparison with the influence of other therapies in 68 patients included in a control group. Modified Rankin Scale and mortality rate were evaluated at three different moments: onset, 72 hours and control (3 weeks-one month from the onset). A better outcome was seen when acetazolamide was given.

Stroke and hypertension. Antihypertensive therapy withdrawal.

The effect of antihypertensive therapy withdrawal in acute ischaemic stroke patients was assessed in order to establish possible correlations between blood pressure values and the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) outcome. One hundred and twelve consecutive patients with acute ischaemic stroke and hypertension were treated with relatively similar regimen. Seventy-two hours following the onset of stroke, systolic blood pressure decreased to < or = 180 mmHg in 110 patients.

Postoperative outcome of intracranial meningiomas; long-term prognosis.

A retro- and prospective study was carried out in 150 patients who underwent surgery for benign (grade I) intracranial meningiomas (ICM). The mean duration of the follow-up was of 4 years. The subjects were divided into 4 groups according to the intervals of follow-up examination.

Cognitive and motor retardation in depression.

The study analysed the profile of psychomotor retardation in depression by clinically and psychometrically assessing its motor, speech and cognitive components. Psychomotor performance level of a group of 100 moderately depressed patients was significantly lower than that of controls on most psychometric tests. The interrelations among the variables evaluating various aspects of the depressive psychomotor retardation were examined and factor analyses were performed.