Surgery for other pulmonary fungal infections, Actinomyces, and Nocardia.

Surgical participation in the management of fungal infections has changed since the advent of effective antimicrobials. Even so, a surgeon may be called on for a variety of reasons, depending on the specific fungal infection and the evolution of thoracic disease. Specific fungal infections are enumerated.

Thoracic surgery in the elderly: areas of future research and studies.

Elderly patients (defined as those aged more than 75 years) require specialized care due to the problems associated with deteriorating organ function, minimal organ reserve, blunted responses to stress, and general overall frailty; however, careful, well-planned trials for elderly patients undergoing thoracic surgical procedures have been few, sporadic, and nebulous to date. With the help of the Council on Surgical and Related Medical Specialties of the American Geriatrics Society, a thorough review of the body of literature has been conducted and a research agenda has been defined. Important surgical issues remain to be defined and investigated.

Relations of body concerns and exercise behavior: a meta-analysis.

Numerous studies have examined the relations between body concerns and exercise. This meta-analysis is based on 35 studies with exercise programs influencing body concerns. There was an overall effect of .