Ugeskrift for laeger
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Brain metastases from colorectal cancer are rare. The prognosis for patients with even a single resectable brain metastasis is poor. ⋯ However, cerebral, as well as extracerebral, disease recurred 12 months after diagnosis. Surgical removal of colorectal metastatic brain lesions in selected cases results in a longer survival time.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Mar 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial[Comparison of two different treatments of lateral humeral epicondylitis--"tennis elbow". A randomized controlled trial].
Many therapeutic interventions have been used in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis (LE), but to date, no specific intervention has proved universally efficacious. The aim of this study was to compare local corticosteroid injections versus splinting in a randomized controlled design. ⋯ We conclude that injections were as effective as splinting in LE. Splinting is recommended in the early stages of the disorder because of its lack of adverse effects. In the long view diagnostics regarding LE have to be refined in order to differentiate patients who are expected to benefit from different treatments.
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Neonatal transport is difficult and often associated with problems. In 1998, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Copenhagen, H:S Rigshospitalet, set up a neonatal transport team. The aim of this study was to assess whether a better quality of high risk transport could justify the increased consumption of time. ⋯ Neonatal transport of extremely ill infants is difficult. A specialised (transport) team with local stabilisation and transport reduces the frequency of complications. The number of high-risk neonates transported is so small that it is improbable that adequate expertise can be built up and maintained locally.
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A substantive amendment to this systematic review was last made on 3 January 2000. Cochrane reviews are regularly checked and updated if necessary. ⋯ We have found no evidence of a difference in time to discharge from hospital in patients who received anxiolytic premedication. However, in view of the age and variety of anaesthetic techniques used, inferences for current day-case practice should be made with caution.