[Surgical infections as patient safety problems].

Surgical infections are severe complications of surgical interventions and one of the most important patient safety issues. These are associated with increased morbidity, mortality, costs and decreased quality of life. Prevention of infections is essential, while one has to consider pre-, intra- and postoperative factors and procedures in the clinical practice.

[Improvement of myocardial perfusion following left ventricular resection].

Left ventricular aneurysm had detected at the 55-year-old woman after extensive anterior myocardial infarction in association with progressive ventricular dilatation and symptoms of heart failure. Coronary angiogram revealed a serious lesion in the proximal segment of the left anterior descending coronary branch with a poor run off tract. 18FDG-PET and 99mTc-MIBI-SPECT investigation were performed in order to differentiate the scarred regions from the viable myocardial segments.

Survey of the essence of malnutrition on the basis of our thermoregulation research work.

The parameters of the vital functions prove beyond all doubt that, at the customary ward temperature, the vital functions of the true malnourished infants are subnormal; in contrast, in response to the thermoneutral climate at 29 degrees C, they accelerate and then normalize. The disturbance of the thermal regulation, which develops in response to the extreme physical disparity of the malnourished infant and to the inadequate environment, is eliminated in the warm, comfort climate. It was proved that the vital functions (neuroendocrinological function, basal metabolism, blood circulation, metabolism, absorption, utilization, assimilation, tolerance, etc.