Quality of life 2-10 years after combined treatment for advanced oral and oropharyngeal cancer.

This study reports the findings of an evaluation of Quality of Life (QOL) in long-term survivors of advanced oral and oropharyngeal cancer treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery (combined treatment=multimodal therapy). All patients had T2-T4 tumours and all received locoregional radical resection and simultaneous microvascular reconstruction. From 1990 to 1998, 181 patients have been treated at the University Hospital of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery in Vienna.

An automated electrical safety and preventive maintenance program.

The Miami Heart Institute's Electrical Safety and Preventive Maintenance Program has been designed as a stand-alone component of a large-scale, computer-based hospital information system. It ensures regularly scheduled routine inspections, preventive maintenance and, where applicable, calibration of the institution's diagnostic, therapeutic and other electrical equipment used in patient care. The program also schedules and documents inspection of buildings, service equipment and grounding systems.