Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Mar 1978
[Clinical experience in the use of modern inhalation anaesthetic enflurane (author's transl)].
A clinical investigation was carried out on the findings obtained during 120 anaesthetics conducted with enflurane. The anaesthetic properties and the effects of enflurane on respiration, heart and circulation, liver, kidney, haematopoesis, clotting mechanisms and carbohydrate metabolism were evaluated. The results are discussed and the data compared with those of halothane for better quantitative assessment.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Feb 1978
[Results of an interdisciplinary study on the value of contact thermography in the diagnosis of breast disease (author's transl)].
An interdisciplinary study was carried out to determine the accuracy of contact thermography in the detection of breast cancer. 200 patients were examined in form of a blind test, the mammographic and clinical findings being listed separately and inaccessible to the thermography team. The findings obtained on contact thermography also were listed separately and afterwards compared with the clinical and mammographic findings. 50 out of these 200 cases required histological clarification, which revealed 24 carcinomas and 26 benign conditions of the breast. Mammography and contact thermography both failed to detect 3 out of the 24 carcinomas, clinical examination gave a false negative result in 2 cases. Therefore, in the present case material, the accuracy of mammography and contact thermography is equal and enables us to state that the combination of clinical examination and contact thermography of the breast is of high accuracy and suited for routine mass screening programmes to enable the detection of breast disease without radiation exposure.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Nov 1976
[The value of liquid crystal thermography in the detection of breast cancer by the gynaecologist (author's transl)].
A report is present of 1300 unselected patients investigated for breast cancer by liquid crystal thermography. The value of this method is comparable to the value of mammography, since the number of carcinomas which remained undetected by each diagnostic procedure was equal. The high degree of diagnostic accuracy achieved by the use of liquid crystal thermography indicates that this simple dignostic procedure is recommendable as a screening method for the detection of breast cancer in gynaecological practice.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Oct 1976
[Advances in the treatment of cardiogenic shock (author's transl)].
Advances in the conservative treatment of cardiogenic shock have been achieved by a combination of the use of drugs (dopamine, furosemide, prednisolone), artificial ventilation and parenteral nutrition (to avoid a negative energy situation). Basic requisites for such therapy are the continuous monitoring of haemodynamic parameters (pulmonary wedge pressure, cardiac index) and of laboratory results (blood gas analysis, pO2, pCO2, osmolarity, blood glucose level). Assisted circulation (IABP) should be started immediately if it becomes apparent that little or no effect has been achieved by medical treatment. Protection is provided by the IABP for further investigation of the patient by selective coronary angiography and surgical intervention whenever possible.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · Jan 1976
Comparative Study[The place of plate thermography in the diagnosis of breast cancer (author's transl)].
A report is presented of 319 unselected patients investigated by the method of plate thermography according to Tricoire, which is a comparatively new method in the diagnosis of breast cancer. 281 cases were additionally examined by mammography and those cases in whom malignancy was suspected underwent further cytological and histological investigation. The results of plate thermography and mammography are compared. The high degree of diagnostic accuracy achieved in the present series of cases by the use of plate thermography indicates that this procedure is not only a valable adjunct in the diagnosis of breast cancer but, moreover, seems to be recommendable as a screening method.