[Diclofenac 75mg. and 30 mg. orfenadine (Neodolpasse) versus placebo and piroxicam in postoperative analgesia after arthroscopy].

Purpose Of The Study: Arthroscopy is often performed in an out-patient department or as one-day surgery. Opioids often used as postoperative analgesics may have unwanted side effects that may postpone the patient's discharge from hospital. This study was designed to evaluate a substitute for the most frequently used opioid pethidine.

[The head-up tilt test with nitroglycerin provocation in the diagnosis of vasovagal syncope].

The study compares the diagnostical values of "head-up tilt" tests both with or without nitroglycerin the provocation. On the basis of the comparison of a group of 60 patients and 20 healthy people we can state that the "head-up tilt" test with the provocation by nitroglycerin is appropriate for the statement of diagnosis of the cardioinhibitory type of vasovagal syncopes. (Tab.

[Treatment of paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia].

The authors present a retrospective evaluation of the risk stratification and therapy of 53 patients with ventricular tachycardia. They present the diagnostical algorithm used for the detection of risk of sudden death. The most frequently used drug in the set of patients was amiodarone in monotherapy or in combination with other drugs.

[Prevention of polymorphous ventricular tachycardia in patients with congenital long QT interval syndrome].

Patients with the Romano-Ward long QT interval syndrome run a high risk of sudden cardiac death. Beta-blockers of the sympathetic nerve are effective treatment. Some patients die suddenly despite this treatment.

[Microvascular angina pectoris and insulin resistance].

The authors examined 29 patients with the syndrome of microvascular angina pectoris. In 12 patients (41.4%) they recorded hyperinsulinaemia as a manifestation of insulin resistance.