Functional recovery in patients with schizophrenia: recommendations from a panel of experts.

Background: The management of schizophrenia is evolving towards a more comprehensive model based on functional recovery. The concept of functional recovery goes beyond clinical remission and encompasses multiple aspects of the patient's life, making it difficult to settle on a definition and to develop reliable assessment criteria. In this consensus process based on a panel of experts in schizophrenia, we aimed to provide useful insights on functional recovery and its involvement in clinical practice and clinical research.

Intravenous Remifentanil Analgaesia for an Obstetric Patient with Type I Neurofibromatosis and a Factor V Leiden Mutation.

Type I neurofibromatosis is characterised by altered skin pigmentation and the growth of benign tumours, particularly along the peripheral nerves and central nervous system. We report a 36-year-old woman in labour who was admitted to the obstetric suite of the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain, in 2007 with hypothyroidism, type I neurofibromatosis and a factor V Leiden mutation. Due to a lack of cranial and spinal imaging data, an epidural was not indicated; instead, continuous intravenous remifentanil analgaesia was administered.

Is it possible to achieve functional recovery in schizophrenia? A qualitative and quantitative analysis of psychiatrist´s opinion.

Introduction: Psychiatrist´s opinion on functional recovery (FR) of patients with schizophrenia may modulate the therapeutic expectations and how to manage the disease.

Objective: This study aims to know the opinion of psychiatrists on FR, and to analyze the relationship between functioning and symptoms.

Methods: A qualitative and quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study.

Hydrolysis of iron and chromium fluorides: mechanism and kinetics.

Fluoride complexes of metallic ions are one of the main problems when processing industrial effluents with high content of fluoride anion. The most important case is derived from pickling treatment of stainless steel, which is performed with HNO3/HF mixtures to remove oxides scale formed over the metal surface. Waste from this process, spent pickling liquor, must be treated for recovering metallic and acid content.