Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Apr 2015
Does neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predict active ulcerative colitis?
Inflammatory markers have been studied in ulcerative colitis (UC) for diagnosis, disease activity, and prediction of relapse. Blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (N/L) ratio has been used to determine outcomes of some malignancies and coronary artery disease. Blood N/L ratio is a simple sign of clinical inflammation. In this study, we examined N/L ratio in recurrent patients suffering from UC. ⋯ Present study shows that in patients with UC, the blood N/L ratio is associated with active disease. N/L ratio may be used as an activity parameter in UC.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Apr 2015
Geriatric patients with known acute kidney injury and normal renal function at the time of admittance to the intensive care unit/assessment of RRT requirement and mortality: retrospective case-control study.
The objective of our study was to investigate the renal functions on admittance, chronic disease status, the diagnosis on admittance to the intensive care unit (ICU), need for mechanical ventilation and medication groups and their impact over mortality and renal replacement treatment (RRT) requirement in geriatric patients with and without known acute kidney injury (AKI) at the time of admittance. ⋯ Presence of known AKI in the geriatric population at the time of their admittance to the respiratory ICU remarkably increased both the need for RRT and the mortality with respect to the geriatric population with normal renal functions. After having assessed the reasons justifying RRT and increasing the mortality during the intensive care, gastrointestinal bleeding and hypotension which necessitate the combined use of dopamine and noradrenaline were concluded to be prominent.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Apr 2015
Controlled Clinical TrialEfficacy and tolerability of vildagliptin-based versus comparative dual therapy in type 2 diabetes : Results of the Austrian subpopulation of the EDGE study.
The aim of this post hoc analysis of data from the Austrian subpopulation of the EDGE study was the evaluation of the effectiveness and tolerability of vildagliptin as an add-on to an existing oral antidiabetic (OAD) monotherapy versus a combination therapy with two OADs without vildagliptin in patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes. ⋯ In a "real-life" setting, the effectiveness of vildagliptin as second-line treatment is superior to comparator OADs with regard to a reduction in HbA1c of greater than 0.3 % from baseline without well-recognized side effects in patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes (mean baseline HbA1c: 8.5 % (vildagliptin cohort) vs. 8.1 % (comparator cohort)).
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Apr 2015
Higher level of neuroticism in patients with problems with the sense of smell.
Recent research suggests an association between personality measures and olfactory performance. The question of whether one's personality changes has been the subject of debate in personality research. The goal of the present study was to investigate whether olfactory dysfunction would be associated with personality traits. ⋯ In conclusion, higher level of neuroticism is associated with patients with olfactory dysfunction.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Apr 2015
Epidemiology of suicide in Austria during 2000-2010: potential years of life lost: time for the national suicide prevention program.
This article investigates suicide rates from 2000 to 2010 in Austria, a country with now average rates that had started to decline in the mid-80s. ⋯ Concerning the still observed increase in old age-groups and the huge amount of lost life years, it is argued that implementation of the National Suicide Prevention Programme for Austria is strongly needed.