Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
-
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Jan 1995
Case Reports[Muscle weakness as initial symptom of bronchial carcinoma].
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome was diagnosed in three patients, two men aged 55 and 57 and one woman aged 66 years. After a variable time interval a small cell carcinoma of the lung was detected in all three patients. ⋯ The short survival of patients with a small cell carcinoma requires early diagnosis, and paraneoplastic phenomena such as the Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome can be the earliest presenting sign. The syndrome can be diagnosed by electromyography.
-
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd · Dec 1994
[The ultimate fate of articles rejected for publication in the Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde].
Determining the fate of articles rejected for publication by the Dutch Medical Journal (Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, NTvG). ⋯ Of articles rejected by the NTvG 60% is eventually published in another journal.
-
Evaluation of the reliability of diagnostic codification by the Medical Codification Department (MCD) as a method of national hospital identification of multiple injury patients and description of epidemiology and mortality among the multiple injury group studied. ⋯ Multiple injury patients need fast and adequate help because of the high mortality, especially in the first 24 hours. The diagnostic codification of the MCD was found not reliable enough to be used for a hospital identification and registration of multiple injury patients.