Screening for hazardous drinking in migrant workers in southeastern Spain.

Objectives: Despite the great impact the migration has had in economic, social and health-related fields, and the repercussions of alcohol consumption on them, few data exist concerning the extent of alcohol consumption in migrant workers. The aims of this study were to identify workers with a hazardous drinking problem by means of a self-reported questionnaire (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-AUDIT) and a biomarker (carbohydrate-deficient transferrin-CDT) and to ascertain associated risk factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a random sample of 385 migrant workers, undergoing a routine health examination as part of occupational health services.

Use of urokinase in percutaneous drainage of large breast abscesses.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate intracavitary urokinase therapy versus irrigation with a saline solution in percutaneous drainage of large breast abscesses.

Methods: A prospective randomized study was conducted in 19 nonlactating women (median age, 35.7 years) with breast abscesses of greater than 3 cm.

Ultrasound therapy in rectus sheath hematoma.

Background And Purpose: Ultrasound (US) is one of the most common modalities used in intervention for musculoskeletal disorders, although its effectiveness is debated. The purpose of this case report is to describe the intervention, including the use of US, in the management of a large rectus sheath hematoma (RSH) in a patient receiving anticoagulant therapy.

Case Description: The patient was a 62-year-old woman with RSH who was receiving oral anticoagulant therapy and had a history of bouts of coughing.

Percutaneous management of breast abscesses. An experience of 39 cases.

This is a review of our experience with percutaneous drainage by means of needle aspiration or catheter drainage of breast abscesses under ultrasound (US) guidance, and a suggested management algorithm. A retrospective study of the 39 patients (36 women, 3 men; mean age: 28.9 years) with breast abscesses who were treated by percutaneous US-guided procedures over a period of 13 years (1989 to 2002) was carried out.

An alternative approach to the treatment of mammary duct fistulas: a combination of microwave and ultrasound.

Between 1994 and 1999, 11 women with recurrent mammary duct fistula underwent nonsurgical treatment with microwave and ultrasound. An initial ultrasonographic examination was performed during the recurrence of mammary duct fistula, and in ten cases it revealed a small superficial periareolar anechoic, hypoechoic, or heterogenic lesion with poorly defined edges and without posterior reinforcement (marked distal sound enhancement). Findings indicated an extraglandular inflammatory process; duct ectasia was not seen in any of the 11 patients.

Percutaneous endoscopy of an intracystic papilloma of the breast.

We present a new endoscopic procedure for the evaluation of intracystic papilloma of the breast. We suggest that the method is a potential alternative to open surgery.