The effect of amiloride/hydrochlorothiazide combination vs furosemide plus potassium supplementation in the treatment of oedema of cardiac origin.

In this double-blind multicentre study efficacy and safety of amiloride/hydrochlorothiazide (A/HCTH) combination and furosemide plus potassium supplementation (FUR/P) was compared after four weeks basal period -- FUR/P period. 43 patients entered the double-blind period which lasted for ten weeks. Congestive heart failure was well controlled in both of those treatment groups.

The significance of thermography in the diagnosis of acute abdominal disease.

Thermography appears to be a useful supporting aid to classical methods of examination in the clarification of the problems of acute abdominal disease. In a study of 100 patients thermography was in support of the true diagnosis in acute appendicitis in 63 per cent, in acute biliary tract disease in 59 per cent, and, in an attempt to differentiate between tumor and periappendicular abscess, assistance was rendered by thermography in 53 per cent of patients. However, some uncertainty exists because carcinoma often produces in its environment an inflammatory reaction, which causes an increase of temperature visible in the thermogram.