Preoperative changes of forced vital capacity due to body position do not correlate with postoperative respiratory function in obese subjects.

Background: Obese patients are at risk of developing postoperative pulmonary complications. We hypothesized that preoperative changes in dynamic spirometry due to body posture would correlate with the drop of forced vital capacity (FVC) measured early after surgery.

Methods: Thirty consecutive morbidly obese patients undergoing gastric banding were investigated.

[Evaluation of preoperative activity in a research and teaching hospital].

To shorten the length of stay before the surgical intervention and to increase the performance of the elective surgery, the Ospedale Maggiore di Milano decided to open a preadmission service working as a day hospital setting. This service has to evaluate patients eligible for surgery both from the surgical than for the anesthesiological point of view. The study wants to state the efficacy, the performance, the quality of this service with particular attention on the elaboration of diagnostic protocols.

[Vascular pathology. A study of some blood parameters indicative of leukocyte activation and platelet dysfunction].

Background: In vascular pathology the endothelial lesions easily reflect on blood cells, inducing a reactive state. In the present study the eventual presence of activation signals in leukocytes and platelets was tested.

Methods: Fifty-eight subjects with major vascular pathology and 14 with lower limbs venous insufficiency were studied, together with a control group of 25 normal subjects.

[Heparan sulfate in the therapy of postphlebitic syndrome. Evaluation of the efficacy and tolerability as compared to mesoglycan].

Background: Antithrombotics and profibrinolytics are indicated in several clinical thrombophilic conditions such as postphlebitic syndrome. Heparansulphate, a glycosaminoglycan, shows an antithrombotic activity with low anticoagulant effect. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of heparansulphate (100 mg b.

[Hemostatic factors of endothelial origin in major vascular pathology].

There is an altered hemostatic balance in vascular-based diseases. The aim of this study was to compare a group (no. = 38) of vascular patients (aortic aneurysm, carotid obstructions arteriopathies of lower limbs) and a control group (no.