La Tunisie médicale
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La Tunisie médicale · Feb 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial[A comparison of the effect of oral captopril and nicardipine in hypertensive crisis].
Hypertensive crisis is defined as a severe elevation in blood pressure (BP) without target organ injury. There are few data about the efficacy and safety of comparative oral antihypertensive drugs. ⋯ Oral captopril or nicardipine are efficacy and safe in the treatment of hypertensive crisis.
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La Tunisie médicale · Feb 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial[Patient controlled epidural analgesia: interest in thoracic surgery].
To compare efficacy of pain control, the consumption of local anaesthetics and opioids as well as the side effects between continuous epidural analgesia, patient controlled analgesia and patient controlled epidural analgesia in thoracic surgery. ⋯ The benefit of patient controlled epidural analgesia in thoracic surgery is proven by the following analgesic efficiency which allows good respiratory rehabilitation, decreasing the risk of drug toxicity by decreases consumption, weak hemodynamic effects and absence of motor block.
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Mucormycosis is a rare and invasive fungal infection, but frequently fatal when it occurs. It commonly affects patients with diabetes mellitus. The aim of this study is to assess the clinical presentation, radiological findings, management and prognosis of mucormycosis. ⋯ Mucormycosis remains a severe infectious disease in diabetic patients. Early diagnosis and treatment is mandatory for a successful management of this infection.