Cholesterol screening in a community pharmacy.

The authors conducted a pilot study to identify patients at risk for developing cardiovascular disease and to see if the community pharmacy is an appropriate site for identifying patients with hypercholesterolemia. Free cholesterol screenings were advertised in newspapers and in the pharmacy. Patients obtained an appointment time for the screening by calling an 800 number and were interviewed for risk factors associated with coronary heart disease.

[Abdominal resection of rectal cancer].

Preservation of anal sphincters in the surgical treatment of rectal cancer is often controversial as far as an extent of surgery, incidence of complications and an increase in mortality rate in perioperative period are concerned. The study was aimed at results of the retrospective analysis of patients, who undergone abdominal excision of the rectum for malignant tumours. Totally 136 patients were operated.