Superinfections in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Background: Data on superinfections in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia vary, but different pathogens are typically studied as a single category. We studied the incidence of superinfections and the outcomes of patients with superinfections in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Methods: Sixty patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa ventilator-associated pneumonia were initially treated appropriately.

Thyroglobulin - what is the postoperative threshold for the suspicion of thyroid cancer recurrence in the absence of anti-Tg antibody measurement?

Background: Thyroglobulin (Tg) is used as a postoperative marker for the follow-up of patients with thyroid carcinoma, but there is no consensus regarding the value that may indicate possible recurrence. Aim. To evaluate Tg levels as a marker for recurrence of thyroid carcinoma.

Adalimumab - an effective and promising treatment for patients with fistulizing Crohn's disease: a case series.

Introduction: Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown etiology which may affect any part of the bowel. Fistulas are a common and often serious complication of Crohn's disease. The treatment for fistulizing Crohn's disease can be medical, surgical or a combination of the two.

Bevacizumab, capecitabine, amifostine, and preoperative hypofractionated accelerated radiotherapy (HypoArc) for rectal cancer: a Phase II study.

Purpose: Bevacizumab has established therapeutic activity in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy enhances the activity of radiotherapy in experimental models. We assessed the feasibility and efficacy of preoperative radiochemotherapy combined with bevacizumab in patients with rectal cancer.

Methods And Materials: Nineteen patients with radiologic T3 and/or N+ rectal carcinoma were treated with preoperative conformal hypofractionated accelerated radiotherapy (3.

Epidemiology and survival of patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer subjected to total thyroidectomy in Thrace area, Northern Greece: a 20-year experience.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate epidemiology and survival of patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WTC) treated with total thyroidectomy (TT) in the area of Thrace, Northern Greece.

Methods: The study was conducted on 80 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy from January 1985 to December 2004 for WTC. Patients' medical records and demographics, including age, sex, histological type (papillary, follicular, mixed type papillary-follicular, Hurthle), stage according to TNM staging, coexistence or future postoperative occurrence of local recurrence or distal metastases and overall and specific survival were analyzed and survival rates were calculated.