Progressive and nonprogressive rheumatoid arthritis over a 10-year period in Japan.

We followed 207 patients with rheumatoid arthritis who were registered at our hospital over a 10-year period from between 1989 and 1990. The number of patients who were still treated at our hospital in 2001 was 87. Sixty patients had died, 39 had changed hospitals, 11 had interrupted treatment, and 10 had not had further followup.

[Influence of thiopental administration on peripheral circulation during cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation].

The influence of thiopental administration on peripheral circulation during cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation was examined. The subjects were 28 patients who were divided into one group of 14 patients receiving thiopental and the other group of 14 patients receiving no thiopental. The time lag of changes in peripheral temperature (sole) from that in central temperature (forehead) according to the deep body temperature determination, and base excess were used as indices of the quality of the peripheral circulation.