A comparison of raloxifene and calcium plus vitamin D on vaginal atrophy after discontinuation of long-standing postmenopausal hormone therapy in osteoporotic women. A randomized, masked-evaluator, one-year, prospective study.

Objectives: We assessed the effects of the discontinuation of long-standing transdermal estrogen replacement therapy (>4 years) and substitution of this treatment by calcium or raloxifene on the vaginal epithelium and climateric symptoms in a study population of osteoporotic women.

Methods: A total of 136 women (mean age 55.5 years) were randomized to calcium (500 mg elemental calcium, 400 IU Vitamin D3) (n=40), raloxifene (60 mg/day) (n=48), or estrogen patches (3.

ASCUS: comparative follow-up results related to previous SIL diagnosis.

The clinical significance of ASCUS (atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance) remains undetermined. In a variety of cases, it is possible to identify an underlying neoplastic squamous lesion. With the aim of establishing some rationale basis for management, we have evaluated the history and the follow-up of 137 woman diagnosed with ASCUS.

[Neutrophilia in the bronchoalveolar lavage of patients with AIDS and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Reflections on its prognostic value in the Spanish setting].

The prognostic value of neutrophilia (> 5%) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in our context is studied in 21 patients with AIDS and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Neutrophilia does not seem to be a good prognostic indicator in our context. We have found this condition, with a mean of 6 +/- 4%, in only 33% of our sample.