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Dexmedetomidine: current role in burn ICU
(2017)Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is a relatively recent a2-adrenergic agonist which provides sedation, anxiolysis and analgesia with much less respiratory depression than other sedatives. These characteristics have implemented the ... -
Obesity and obesity related diseases, sugar consumption and bad oral health: a fatal epidemic mixture. The pediatric and odontologist point of view
(2017)Obesity and dental caries are increasingly widespread pathologies. The former is growing so rapidly that the WHO classified its trend as an “epidemic”. Both are triggered by a number of well known common etiologic factors ... -
Larger blood pressure reduction by fixed-dose compared to free dose combination therapy of ace inhibitor and calcium antagonist in hypertensive patients
(2017)The introduction of fixed combination of ACEi+CCB (Fixed) has significantly increased patients compliance and adherence to therapy. At the moment, however, there are no data suggesting the better control of once-daily fixed ... -
Implementing an ict-based polypharmacy management program in Italy
(2017)Although there is evidence of a growing awareness of the problem, no official policy statements or regulatory guidelines on polypharmacy have been released up to date by Italian Health Authorities. Medication review, ... -
Egfr inhibition in a pretreated sacral chordoma: a rolefor erlotinib? Case report and a brief review of literature
(2017)We describe the case of a 69-year old male with an EGFR- positive Imatinib refractory sacral chordoma with synchronous lung metastases, treated with erlotinib, a first- generation EGFR inhibitor. After disease progression ...
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