The cost-effectiveness of ulipristal acetate tablets in treating patients with moderate to severe symptoms of uterine fibroids.

Objectives: Ulipristal acetate is a selective progesterone receptor modulator that has been demonstrated to be an effective 3-month pre-operative treatment for moderate to severe symptoms of uterine fibroids in adult women of reproductive age. The aim of this analysis was to assess the cost-effectiveness of 5mg ulipristal as an add-on therapy to standard pre-surgical observation and treatment in Hungary.

Study Design: A Markov model was developed using a 10-year time horizon.

[Obstetrical and gynecological relevance of inflammatory bowel disease].

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease may show a life long persistence, while female fertility is time-limited.

Aim: The aim of the authors was to obtain more knowledge about the obstetrical-gynecological aspects of this disorder.

Methods: The authors evaluated 100 patients with inflammatory bowel disease and 100 healthy women with a self-composed questionnaire.

[Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the uterine cervix].

This report presents the history of a 35-year-old patient with adenoid cystic cervical cancer stage IIIB. Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a rare disease with poor prognosis. Following irradiation therapy, the patient was declared tumor free, and 20 years after diagnosis and treatment, she has no pathological signs or symptoms.

Analysis of platelet alpha2-adrenergic receptor activity in stable coronary artery disease patients on dual antiplatelet therapy.

Combined antiplatelet therapy reduces recurrent atherothrombotic events in stable coronary disease patients; however, high residual platelet reactivity measured ex vivo still raises concerns as a condition related to treatment failure. Alpha-2 adrenoceptor enhances platelet reactivity and might contribute to this phenomenon. For the present study, 121 stable angina patients on standard dual antiplatelet therapy (75 mg clopidogrel and 100 mg acetylsalicylic acid) were recruited.

Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) collected during the long term ecological research in a Hungarian oak forest.

Along term ecological research was carried out in a Hungarian oak forest, in "Bükk" National Park starting with 1972. During the faunistical studies 3,602 insect species and more than 200,000 individuals were collected. The dominant orders were Coleoptera (1,051 species), Lepidoptera (803 species), Hymenoptera (470 species) and Diptera (400 species).

The reliability of fetal pulse oximetry: the effect of fetal oxygen saturation below 30% on perinatal outcome.

Objectives: The objective of this prospective study was to determine the reliability of fetal pulse oximetry (FPO) in cases of abnormal fetal heart rate (FHR) pattern and fetal oxygen saturation (FSpO(2)) below 30%.

Study Design: Three hundred and one deliveries complicated by abnormal FHR pattern were monitored with both CTG and FPO. Cases of FSpO(2) values below 30% (n=52) formed the study group and those above 30% (n=249) were the control group.

Recombinant human activated protein C treatment of septic shock syndrome in a patient at 18th week of gestation: a case report.

Recombinant human-activated protein C (rhAPC) has been suggested to treat sepsis. We present the case of a 19-year-old pregnant patient at the 18th week of gestation with septic shock syndrome that originated from urinary tract infection and was successfully treated with rhAPC.

[Postmenopausal osteoporosis].

Due to its incidence and clinical consequences osteoporosis followed by vertebral, hip, and forearm fractures represents an outstanding problem of nowadays' health care. Because of its high mortality rate hip fractures are of special interest. The number of fractures caused by postmenopausal osteoporosis increases with age.