Ugeskrift for laeger
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A forty-two-year-old woman was admitted to the department of burns in Copenhagen, two days after application of 15 freshly sliced cloves of garlic fixed to the left knee with film for three hours. This was done to relieve chronic intra-articular pain. ⋯ At 14 days 0.33% had not healed spontaneously. On the 24th day necrectomy and split skin transplantation had to be performed.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Nov 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial[Infusion of mivacurium and atracurium guided by manual tactile evaluation].
The aim of this investigation was to compare the use of a continuous infusion of mivacurium or atracurium guided by tactile evaluation of the neuromuscular block. ⋯ A continuous infusion of mivacurium and atracurium can easily be performed, guided by tactile evaluation of the neuromuscular block and the effect can be reversed by neostigmine.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Nov 2000
[Fractures of the pelvis--a survey of "nonunion" and "malunion" surgical results].
Nonunion (NU) and malunion (MU) of the pelvis are conditions of absent and malaligned healing of a previous pelvis fracture causing severe disabling symptoms. Reconstructive surgery of the pelvis is more demanding than treatment of the acute fracture. Ten cases of NU and/or MU of the pelvis were treated. Average time from injury to referral was 33 months. Initial treatment was conservative (seven patients), internal fixation (two patients) or combined internal and external fixation (one patient). Complaints were pain (ten patients), limp (eight patients), leg length difference (five patients) and sitting problems (seven patients). ⋯ All patients showed radiological union. Nine patients had less or no pain at all. All eight with a preoperative limp showed improvement or no limp after surgery. Two of five still had minor leg length difference. All seven patients with sitting problems claimed relief or complete removal of sitting problems. It is concluded that patients with severe disabling symptoms from NU and/or MU can expect relief of symptoms by late correction of the pelvic deformity.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Nov 2000
[Sexually transmitted infections among immigrants in Denmark. Is it a problem?].
The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in immigrants in Denmark. ⋯ The incidence of diagnosed HIV infection, gonorrhoea, and syphilis in Denmark is generally low, but fairly high in certain groups of immigrants. Information, early diagnosis and treatment are central elements in the prevention of STIs and should be adapted for new sub-populations.