Oral Misoprostol for the Induction of Labor: Comparison of Different Dosage Schemes With Respect to Maternal and Fetal Outcome in Patients Beyond 34 Weeks of Pregnancy.

Background/aim: Labor is induced in 1 out of 5 pregnancies. This is why we aimed to compare two different protocols of orally administered misoprostol for the induction of labor (IOL), with special regard to maternal and fetal outcome, delivery mode and duration.

Patients And Methods: One hundred and twenty four patients with a medical indication for IOL were divided into two groups: Group A (n=63), which initially received 50 μg misoprostol escalated to 100 and, subsequently, to 200 μg every 4 h with a daily maximum of 600μg, between 11/2007 and 01/2008; and Group B (n=61), which initially received 25 μg misoprostol followed by 100 μg every 4 h with a daily maximum of 300 μg, between 12/2009 and 04/2010.

Predictive Energy-Aware Routing Solution for Industrial IoT Evaluated on a WSN Hardware Platform.

In industrial wireless sensors networks (IWSNs), the sensor lifetime predictability is critical for ensuring continuous system availability, cost efficiency and suitability for safety applications. When deployed in a real-world dynamic and centralised network, the sensor lifetime is highly dependent on the network topology, deployment configuration and application requirements. (In the absence of an energy-aware mechanism, there is no guarantee for the sensor lifetime).

Development and Validation of an ISA100.11a Simulation Model for Accurate Industrial WSN Planning and Deployment.

During the planning, design, and optimization of an industrial wireless sensor network (IWSN), the proposed solutions need to be validated and evaluated. To reduce the time and expenses, highly accurate simulators can be used for these tasks. This paper presents the development and experimental validation of an ISA100.

Effect of whole-body vibration and insulin-like growth factor-I on muscle paralysis-induced bone degeneration after botulinum toxin injection in mice.

Botulinum toxin A (BTX)-induced muscle paralysis results in pronounced bone degradation with substantial bone loss. We hypothesized that whole-body vibration (WBV) and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) treatment can counteract paralysis-induced bone degradation following BTX injections by activation of the protein kinase B (Akt) signaling pathway. Female C57BL/6 mice (n = 60, 16 weeks) were assigned into six groups (n = 10 each): SHAM, BTX, BTX+WBV, BTX+IGF-I, BTX+WBV+IGF-I, and a baseline group, which was killed at the beginning of the study.

[The "open abdomen" method of treatment of postoperative peritonitis].

The authors stress the therapeutical difficulties encountered in patients with severe postoperative peritonitis, necessitating multiple interventions for the solution of viscero-peritoneal problems, and of the abdominal wall. The authors' personal experience is presented with the method of the "opened abdomen", which is applied abroad under the improper name of "coeliostomy". The authors describe their procedure, and also describe a complementary method, of the socalled "semi-open abdomen", which is in fact a narrowing of the surgical wound with threads of inxodable wire.

[Duodenal biliary ileus].

A clinical observation is presented, of a patient that underwent emergency surgery for biliary ileus located in the duodenum. The particularity of the case consisted in the presence of a double bilio-digestive fistula: between the cholecyst and the stomach, and between the cholecyst and the duodenum. The rarity and the clinical characteristics of this syndrome described by Bouveret are stressed.

[Choledochal lithiasis caused by non-absorbable sutures after biliary surgery].

The authors present two clinical observations of biliary calculi that developed upon the non-resorbable threads placed in the vicinity of the biliary pathways, or on the cystic stump, on the occasion of a previous intervention. A review is also presented, of the data in the literature and the process of development is discussed, of these calculi. The personal experience of the surgeon should be the decisive factor in making the right choice for such cases.

[Cystic dilatation of the common bile duct with cholangitis, jaundice and cholestatic cirrhosis].

The authors present a clinical observation of a patient aged 60 years with an asymptomatic cystic dilatation of the choledochus up to the age of 56, and in whom hepatic cirrhosis was detected, with biliary cholestasis, and a slow, torpid evolution. The authors performed cystoduodenostomy of necessity. A review of the literature over the last 20 years allows for a discussion of the clinical, etiopathogenic, and especially of the therapeutical aspects of this malformation.

[Late results (10 years) after complete arterialization of the cirrhotic liver].

The authors present the results obtained after 10 years in two patients with hepatic cirrhosis in whom arterialization was carried out, of the liver, in association with a portocaval, or as an isolated intervention. These 2 cases represent the longest post-operative follow-ups of a group of 29 patients in whom hepatic arterilization was performed. The authors have used an original procedure of arterialization through the re-permeabilized ombilical vein.