[Pharmaceutical and pharmacological evaluation of Burow's solution (aluminum acetate solution), hospital preparation, and development of its rapid preparation method].

Burow's solution, or aluminum acetate solution, is effective in inhibiting various microorganisms including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that are commonly observed in chronic suppurative otitis media. It takes several days to prepare Burow's solution using aluminum sulfate, and the pharmaceutical properties of the solution are not fully understood. In this study, the effect of storage (5 months) of Burow's solution prepared according to the Teine-Keijin Hospital manual on its pharmaceutical properties and antibacterial activities was examined.

[Investigation for clinical practice of pulmonary function tests in undergraduate medical education--results from the inquiries to 91 medical institutes with the Department of Laboratory Medicines in Japan].

Pulmonary function tests(PFTs), especially spirometry, play important roles in screening and diagnosing the patients with bronchial asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is reported, however, that only 38% of the general physicians utilizes spirometry. Based on the assumption that clinical practices might be insufficient to learn PFTs in the undergraduate education periods, we made inquiries to 91 institutes with the departments of laboratory medicine in April 2003.