Effect of ambroxol on the concentration of cefotaxime in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of rats with pulmonary fibrosis.

This study aimed to investigate the effect of ambroxol on the concentration of cefotaxime in the bronchioalveolar lavage fluid of rats with bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. A total of 54 Wistar male rats were randomly divided into three groups, namely the normal control group, model group and ambroxol group. On experimental day 0, the rats were intratracheally instilled with bleomycin (5 mg/kg body weight) or sterile saline.

[Clinical investigation on anterior capsule preservation in surgical management for severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy].

Objective: To report the outcomes of patients treated with the anterior capsule preservation technique used in surgical management for severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Methods: Anterior capsule was preserved following pars plana lensectomy or fragmentation during vitrectomy for cataract patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, all eyes presented tractional and tractional/rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and involvement of posterior retina. Postoperatively, the transparency of anterior capsule was classified into A, B, C and D degrees according to the photographic record.

Development and assessment of a neuropsychological battery to aid in predicting driving performance.

Purpose: This study was conducted to select a neuropsychological battery that correlated with driving simulator skills, thus enabling practitioners to provide information to older patients and their families about driving risks.

Methods: The study was conducted in two phases. In Phase 1, a survey inquiring as to the kinds of neuropsychological tests currently used to screen patients for driving was sent to 292 licensed neuropsychologists.