Randomized controlled trial of effectiveness of pedometers on general practitioners' attitudes to engagement in and promotion of physical activity.

Pedometers have been identified as a tool for health professionals to promote physical activity. This study, which aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of wearing a pedometer on general practitioners' attitudes to promoting physical activity, was a pragmatic, multi-centred, randomized controlled trial within a primary care trust in England. The participants were 102 general practitioners (GPs).

In vivo evaluation of a hollow fiber liver assist device.

Orthotopic liver transplantation is the only effective form of therapy currently available for patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). The use of an extracorporeal (EC) liver assist device (LAD) may result in improved presurgical clinical management. Alternatively, patients treated with LADs could avoid the transplantation procedure if they are able to regenerate a critical mass of hepatocytes that will sustain functional viability.

Dissociative anaesthesia for coronary artery bypass surgery using ketamine and midazolam. A case report.

Intravenous anaesthesia with a combination of ketamine (Ketalar) and midazolam (Dormicum) infusions was administered to a 49-year-old patient, with a documented history of opiate allergy, undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery. A ketamine infusion supplemented with indomethacin suppositories was used for postoperative pain control.