[Implementing an operating room pharmacy satellite in an university hospital].

Objectives: An operating room pharmaceutical unit centralizes medical devices and drugs for various surgical specialities. The aim of this work is to present the methodology used in our establishment to set up the operating room pharmaceutical unit.

Methods: This approach involved the formation of multi-professional working groups.

Advanced age and incidence of atrial fibrillation in the postoperative period of aortic valve replacement.

Objective: This study aims to describe the correlation between age and occurrence of atrial fibrillation after aortic stenosis surgery in the elderly as well as evaluate the influence of atrial fibrillation on the incidence of strokes, hospital length of stay, and hospital mortality.

Methods: Cross-sectional retrospective study of > 70 year-old patients who underwent isolated aortic valve replacement.

Results: 348 patients were included in the study (mean age 76.

The influence of the Internet on immunology education.

The potential of the Internet as a medium through which to teach basic and applied immunology lies in the ability to illustrate complex concepts in new ways for audiences that are diverse and often geographically dispersed. This article explores two collaborative Internet-based learning projects (also known as e-learning projects) that are under development: Immunology Online, which will present an Internet-based curriculum in basic and clinical immunology to Swiss undergraduate and graduate students across five campuses; and the OCTAVE project, which will offer online training to an international cadre of new investigators, the members of which are carrying out clinical trials of vaccines against HIV infection.