Background: The electronic Schizophrenia Treatment Adherence Registry (e-STAR) is a prospective, observational study of patients with schizophrenia designed to evaluate long-term treatment outcomes in routine clinical practice.
Methods: Parameters were assessed at baseline and at 3 month intervals for 2 years in patients initiated on risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) (n=1345) or a new oral antipsychotic (AP) (n=277; 35.7% and 36.
Objective: Renal haematomas after extracorporeal shockwave lithotrity are an immediate and potentially serious complication. The incidence of post-ESWL renal haematoma with the new Siemens' Lithostar Multiline lithotripter is analyzed in an attempt to know its occurrence, predisposing factors and presentations signs and symptoms.
Material And Methods: Between January and December 1998, a total of 1313 extracorporeal shockwave lithotrity sessions were performed on lithiasis located at any level of the urinary tract in 686 patients.
Unlabelled: Coronary by-pass grafting is a well established procedure for ameliorating ischemic coronary disease. From time to time it is necessary to re-operate these patients. The objective of our paper is to present our experience in this field.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: In patients with chronic ischemic heart disease, a severe ventricular dysfunction is associated with a higher operative risk and to a worse late clinical outcome. However, when there is sufficient viable myocardium, surgical revascularization can improve ventricular performance and above all the functional capacity and survival of these patients.
Objectives: To analyze long-term results of a large series of patients with an ejection fraction < or = 0.
We developed an experimental model of proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) in albino rabbits by combining some factors suspected of causing the disease. Sixty nine eyes divided into six groups served as controls (Groups C 1-6). Forty nine eyes were divided into four experimental groups (Groups E 1-4).
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