Thoracoscopic management of iatrogenic cardiac perforations.

Aims: Iatrogenic cardiac perforation is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of invasive cardiac procedures. When nonsurgical management fails, urgent cardiac surgery is required. The standard surgical approach is usually through full sternotomy.

Observational Study of Clindamycin Phosphate and Tretinoin Gel for the Treatment of Acne.

INTRODUCTION: Acne vulgaris can cause pain/discomfort and have a negative impact on quality of life (QOL). Clin-RA is an acne treatment consisting of clindamycin phosphate 1.2% and tretinoin 0.

[Time to limit the use of antibiotics in rosacea!].

Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory disease with facial erythema and papulopustules. It is common in middle-aged/elderly persons and often affects self-perception and social well-being. It is generally classified into four subtypes.

Development and Evaluation of a Rosacea Screening Instrument (Rosascreen).

Background: There are no current instruments to facilitate population screening for rosacea.

Objective: To develop and evaluate a screening instrument for rosacea applicable for population surveys.

Methods: A rosacea-specific screening instrument (Rosascreen), consisting of a subject-completed questionnaire and screening algorithm, was developed based on current diagnostic criteria for rosacea.

Comparison of Moisturizing Creams for the Prevention of Atopic Dermatitis Relapse: A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Multicentre Clinical Trial.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) affects adults and children and has a negative impact on quality of life. The present multicentre randomized double-blind controlled trial showed a barrier-improving cream (5% urea) to be superior to a reference cream in preventing eczema relapse in patients with AD (hazard ratio 0.634, p = 0.

Rosacea: current state of epidemiology.

Case definitions are critical in epidemiologic research. However, modern disease indicators must now consider complex data from gene-based research along with traditional clinical parameters. Rosacea is a skin disorder with multiple signs and symptoms.

Hand eczema and health-related quality of life; a comparison of EQ-5D and the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) in relation to the Hand Eczema Extent Score (HEES).

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is associated with the extent and severity of hand eczema. We still lack a consensus about which HRQoL instrument to use as the standard, and how to measure the extent and severity of hand eczema.

Objectives: To compare the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) with EQ-5D (a standardized instrument for use as a measure of health outcome), and to evaluate how the Hand Eczema Extent Score (HEES) relates to these instruments.

A novel formulation of mometasone furoate in psoriasis patients: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind clinical study.

Introduction: Further formulations of mometasone furoate are needed for treatment of patients with plaque psoriasis to meet individual patient preferences. This has motivated the development of Ovixan(®) (Galencia, Malmoe, Sweden), a formulation of mometasone furoate with different cosmetic properties than the commonly used formulation, Elocon(®) (Merck [Schering Plough], Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA). This novel formulation of mometasone furoate was examined in a vasoconstrictor assay comparing its efficacy with that of Elocon.

No skin reactions to mineral powders in nickel-sensitive subjects.

Background: Cosmetic products are known to be able to induce contact dermatitis. Contact dermatitis may also be induced by nickel, and it is estimated that up to 17% of women are allergic to nickel.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether nickel sensitized individuals react to make-up products containing pigments with nickel as an impurity.

Influence of mono-axis random vibration on reading activity.

Recent studies on train passengers' activities found that many passengers were engaged in some form of work, e.g., reading and writing, while traveling by train.

The effects of 884 MHz GSM wireless communication signals on headache and other symptoms: an experimental provocation study.

Findings from prior studies of possible health and physiological effects from mobile phone use have been inconsistent. Exposure periods in provocation studies have been rather short and personal characteristics of the participants poorly defined. We studied the effect of radiofrequency field (RF) on self-reported symptoms and detection of fields after a prolonged exposure time and with a well defined study group including subjects reporting symptoms attributed to mobile phone use.

Atopic dermatitis, stinging, and effects of chronic stress: a pathocausal study.

Background: Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) often have increased skin sensitivity and this symptom often worsens during stress.

Objective: We sought to find out whether patients with AD had stinging, and to identify the pathocausal neuroimmune mechanisms, including the role of stress.

Methods: In all, 25 patients with AD with histories of stress worsening were tested using a stinger test.

Laser treatment of rosacea: a pathoetiological study.

Objective: To study the effect of laser treatment on rosacea, a common facial skin disease with symptoms of blushing, redness, telangiectasis, papules, pustules, and diffuse swelling of the skin, we focused on the stinging sensation and performed immunohistochemical evaluation of nerve density and neuropeptide expression.

Design: Clinical investigation as well as the lactic acid (stinger) test was performed before and 3 months after the treatment with flashlamp pulsed dye laser, when skin biopsy specimens were also taken.

Setting: University hospital.

Flashlamp pulsed dye laser (FPDL) did not cure papulopustular rosacea.

Background And Objectives: Pharmacological treatment has a fairly good effect on the papulopustular lesions in rosacea, but not as good an effect on the erythema and telangiectases. The aim was to treat rosacea patients with both erythematotelangiectatic and papulopustular lesions with flashlamp pulsed dye laser (FPDL) until telangiectases/erythema disappeared, and to evaluate whether the treatment might also be effective on papulopustular lesions.

Study Design/materials And Methods: Ten patients were treated on one side of the face with FPDL.