abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Atherosclerosis and its clinical sequelae are responsible for the highest death rate in industrialized countries. Seroepidemiological, pathological and immunohistochemical studies have suggested a relation between Chlamydia pneumoniae infection and the development of coronary sclerosis. Aim of this s...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： el-Rabadi K,Gottsauner-Wolf M,Christ G,Maurer G,Huber K

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Supplement with keto acids/amino acids (KA) and erythropoietin can independently improve the metabolic sequels of chronic renal insufficiency. Our study was designed to establish whether a supplementation with keto acids/amino acids (KA) exerts additional beneficial metabolic effects in patients with chronic renal ins...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Teplan V,Schück O,Votruba M,Poledne R,Kazdová L,Skibová J,Malý J

更新日期：2001-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact factor (Institute for Scientific Information, ISI, Philadelphia, PA, USA) is a widespread used and acknowledged source for judging the quality of a researcher. In addition the "Science Citation Index (SCI)" [Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)] provides the scientific community with a citations datab...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Hofbauer R,Gmeiner B,Kaye K,Kaye AD,Frass M

更新日期：2001-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perioperative infusion of the calcium channel antagonist diltiazem reduces the occurrence and extent of postoperative myocardial ischemia. However, recent reports also mention nitroglycerin as the drug of choice to prevent conduit spasm after coronary bypass grafting. The diagnosis of myocardial ischemia in ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lassnigg A,Wutte M,Grubhofer G,Chevtchik O,Podesser B,Simon-Kupilik N,Wild T,Hiesmayr M,Seitelberger R

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulinoma in a patient with pre-existing diabetes mellitus is extremely rare. We report a case of an insulinoma in a patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus who after 14 years of sulfonylurea treatment experienced recurrent episodes of hypoglycemia. Endogenous hyperinsulinism was confirmed and endoscopic ultrasonograph...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Ravnik-Oblak M,Janez A,Kocijanicic A

更新日期：2001-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In myasthenia gravis respiratory function is often disturbed in the night, especially during REM sleep, despite of normal daytime respiratory function. Nevertheless, nocturnal respiratory problems are rarely diagnosed. Sleepiness, concentration and memory problems can be symptoms of a sleep related breathing disorder....

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Stepansky R,Zeitlhofer J

更新日期：2001-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In the newborn, presence of sleep-wake cycles indicates integrity and maturity of the central nervous system. By spectral EEG analysis and polygraphic recordings subtle variations of EEG background activity and behavioural patterns corresponding to early sleep-wake cycles have been found in preterm infants as young as...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Kuhle S,Klebermass K,Olischar M,Hulek M,Prusa AR,Kohlhauser C,Birnbacher R,Weninger M

更新日期：2001-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine the presence of vascular periodic acid-Schiff's reagent (PAS) positive deposits in the gastric and duodenal mucosa of diabetic patients and controls. METHODS:Forty-six poorly controlled diabetic patients with digestive symptoms, aged 23 to 63 years (32 type I patients on insulin therapy with a mean di...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Ivandić A,Bozić D,Dmitrović B,Vcev A,Canecki S

更新日期：2001-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A central venous port catheter inserted infraclavicularily via the subclavian route may be compressed by the clavicle and the adjacent first rib. It's appearance on chest x-ray has been previously described as the 'pinch-off phenomenon' and requires the removal of the catheter due to a significant risk of fracture. We...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lenglinger FX,Hartl P,Kirchgatterer A,Lenglinger GM,Baldinger C

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To retrospectively compare the clinical outcome in cervical cancer patients treated by external irradiation and intracavitary high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy with iridium 192 versus low-dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy with radium 226 or caesium 139. METHODS:450 LDR patients were treated from 1982 to 1986 a...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Kucera H,Pötter R,Knocke TH,Baldass M,Kucera E

更新日期：2001-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Simple renal cysts are frequent findings in mid-aged people, their frequency increases with age. They are often detected by abdominal ultrasound and/or computed tomography during diagnostic procedures. Hypertension is also a frequent disease and its prevalence increases with age as well. The aim of our study...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Ekart R,Hojs R,Krajnc I

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade a number of placebo-controlled studies have confirmed that intramuscular injections of botulinum toxin A (BTX A) has antispastic effects. Cerebral palsy is among the most frequent disorders of the growing locomotor apparatus during childhood. Weakness as well as spasticity due to lack of selective...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Strobl W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body temperature follows a circadian rhythm with a low around 6 a.m. and a peak about 12 hours later. The effect of fever on this endogenous oscillation is unknown. We obtained hourly measurements of the rectal temperature of 66 children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Even at febrile temperatures, the temperature...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Lell B,Brandts CH,Graninger W,Kremsner PG

更新日期：2000-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The nephrotoxic side effects of cyclophilin-binding agents like cyclosporine A and tacrolimus are well characterized. In severe cases nephrotoxicity may profoundly deteriorate kidney function and even induce acute renal failure. In this report we describe the first case of excessive tacrolimus intoxication caused by h...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Haas M,Kletzmayer J,Staudinger T,Böhmig G,Mayer G,Leko-Mohr Z,Druml W

更新日期：2000-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Is the documentation of blood utilisation, as demanded in the guidelines of serology and transfusion medicine, a proper instrument of quality control for the use of homologous blood saving techniques? PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analysed retrospectively a list of blood utilisation based on 12,482 surgical proced...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Redl G,Trauner S,Cumlivski R,Fuchs R

更新日期：2000-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular lesions in lupus nephritis have been extensively studied in recent decades, but much less attention has been paid to the tubulo-interstitial compartment. The aim of this study was to contribute to the understanding of the pathogenesis of tubulo-interstitial lesions in lupus nephritis by analysing their inci...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Jeruc J,Jurcić V,Vizjak A,Hvala A,Babic N,Kveder R,Praprotnik S,Ferluga D

更新日期：2000-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies report strong associations between hyperhomocysteinemia and premature atherosclerotic vascular disease. Causes of hyperhomocysteinemia are hereditary heterozygous or, in very rare cases, homozygous defects, and quite frequently a lack of the coenzymes B6 and B12 and the cosubstrate folate. Lifestyle f...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Kircher T,Sinzinger H

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Following cochlear implantation, postoperative imaging of the electrode is very important in order to measure the depth of insertion and the position of the electrode, so that kinking and incorrect electrode placement can be clearly identified. The aim of this study was to outline the diagnostic value of CT and conven...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Czerny C,Gstoettner W,Adunka O,Hamzavi J,Baumgartner WD

更新日期：2000-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:As in other organs, homeostatic mechanisms become insufficient in the aging brain, in part because of reduced activity of various neurotransmitter systems. Counter-regulatory processes are therefore reduced and reactions to drugs may be increased. Aside from these pharmacodynamic mechanisms, the increased toxicity of ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Turnheim K

更新日期：2000-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Total parathyroidectomy with simultaneous autotransplantation may be associated with recurrence of graft-dependent hyperfunction due to excessive proliferation. We performed macroscopic tissue selection with a stereomicroscope prior to autotransplantation, which resulted in very low recurrence rates. As this technique...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Hörandner H,Mürzl E,Neyer U,Breiteneder-Geleff S,Niederle B,Haid A,Breitfellner G

更新日期：2000-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:With the decline of the former main causes of death in early childhood--infections and starvation--sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has emerged as the most important single cause of postneonatal infant mortality. It has adopted the role of a major indicator for the standard of public health care. Despite extensive ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Paky F,Kytir J

更新日期：2000-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The aim of this retrospective study was to determine in-hospital mortality and morbidity secondary to intracerebral hemorrhage and to analyse variables considered to be significantly associated with survival in these patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study cohort consisted of 135 consecutive pa...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Karnik R,Valentin A,Ammerer HP,Hochfelner A,Donath P,Slany J

更新日期：2000-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective randomized study, the efficacy of local anaesthetic inhalation during premedication before bronchoscopic examination was evaluated. Eighty patients with chronic nonproductive cough were inhaling either nebulized anaesthetics (10 ml of 1% trimecain; 40 patients--group A) or an isotonic chlorine solutio...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Salajka F

更新日期：1999-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:According the literature atrio-ventricular blockade (AVB) is the most frequent and well-known symptom of Lyme carditis. Typical signs of complete AVB include fatigue, lethargy and syncope- Morgagni-Adams-Stokes syndrome (MAS). The authors present their results and experience with 5 patients selected from a long-term s...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Bartunek P,Mrázek V,Varejka P,Gorican K,Zapletalová J,Sklenár T

更新日期：1999-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The ISAAC (International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood) was founded in 1990 in order to maximise the value of epidemiological research into asthma and allergic diseases, to describe the prevalence of asthma and allergic disease in children living in different locations, to make comparisons within and betwee...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Zacharasiewicz A,Zidek T,Haidinger G,Waldhör T,Suess G,Vutuc C

更新日期：1999-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In spite of the low morbidity secondary to tetanus, the high fatality rate (about 50%) requires effective and extensive protection of the population by vaccination. Since documentation is often lacking, booster tetanus vaccination is frequently applied in cases of minor injury. This leads to vaccination assoc...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Brabek E,Kränke B,Stünzner D,Aberer W

更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Non invasive ventilation is defined as mechanical ventilation without the use of endotracheal intubation and has been increasingly established within intensive care units during the last decades. Negative pressure ventilation and non invasive positive pressure ventilation have been successfully applied, first in chron...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Heindl W

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The article summarizes the first results of an attempt to reconstruct the destinies of the Jewish pediatricians of Vienna after the German occupation of Austria in March 1938. Traditionally pediatrics in Vienna were characterized by a high percentage of Jewish specialists. In 1938 they were confronted with abrupt humi...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Seidler E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the high frequency of acute hemodynamic deterioration in patients awaiting cardiac transplantation, mechanical techniques of circulatory support to bridge the period until transplantation have become a standard clinical procedure. Continuous-flow rotary blood pumps offer exciting new perspectives in terms o...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Wieselthaler GM,Schima H,Lassnigg A,Pacher R,Ovsenk T,Laufer G,Noon GP,DeBakey ME,Wolner E

更新日期：1999-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut ischemia-reperfusion injury is a serious condition in intensive care patients. Activation of immune cells within the huge endothelial surface area of gut microcirculation may initiate a systemic inflammatory response with secondary injury to distant organs. Translocation of bacteria and toxins through a leaky gut ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Schwarz B,Salak N,Hofstötter H,Pajik W,Knotzer H,Mayr A,Hasibeder W

更新日期：1999-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The first successful smallpox vaccination with cowpox lymph outside of England was carried out in Vienna--only ten months after the publication of Edward Jenner's book "An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease ... known by the Name of the Cow Pox", and only a little more than three mo...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Katscher F

更新日期：1999-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diagnostic hysteroscopy is the most precise procedure to evaluate diseases involving the uterine cavity. There is, however, only limited data concerning the use of hysteroscopy carried out as an outpatient procedure in patients with postmenopausal bleeding. MATERIALS AND METHODS:In this study we report on...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Wieser F,Albrecht A,Kurz C,Wenzl R,Nagele F

更新日期：1999-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Normalisation of intact parathyroid hormone serum level confirms sufficient resection of parathyroid tissue after total parathyroidectomy in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. The short half-life of the intact parathyroid hormone is such that complete resection may even be confirmed by intraoperative monitor...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Koeberle-Wuehrer R,Haid A,Sprenger-Maehr H,Koeberle D,Meusburger E,Neyer U

更新日期：1999-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of vaccination on the health of the world's people has been considerable. With the possible exception of clean water, no other development has had such a major effect on mortality reduction and population growth. During the last 200 years vaccination has controlled nine major diseases and has led to the era...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Dorner F,Eibl J,Barrett PN

更新日期：1999-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intensive care physicians are frequently called upon to decide whether intensive care treatment is justified. Critically ill patients with a poor prognosis receive "Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders", which entitles the physician in charge to withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation in case of cardiac arrest. ...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Fries D,Kofler A,Hackl J,Schwamberger H,Klingler A,Antretter V,Schobersberger W

更新日期：1999-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute occlusion of a large coronary artery by a platelet thrombus is a life-threatening event. Intravasal thrombus generation in most cases is caused by a disturbed interaction between platelets and the vessel wall, with accompanying platelet hyperreactivity, local adhesion to the vessel wall, activation and aggregate...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Schrör K

更新日期：1999-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In Europe at least three human pathogenic species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato are the causative agents of Lyme borreliosis. All three species have been isolated or detected by PCR from skin, CSF and synovial fluid of patients with skin lesions, neuroborreliosis and Lyme arthritis respectively. Studies using str...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Wilske B,Hauser U,Lehnert G,Jauris-Heipke S

更新日期：1998-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Various chronic pulmonary diseases can cause hypoxia mediated erythrocytosis. We report on a 46 year old male patient presenting with erythrocytosis, in whom a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula on the basis of a vascular malformation was identified as a rare cause of hypoxic erythrocytosis. Thus, congenital pulmonary va...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Yavuz AS,Nisanci Y,Umman S,Sargin D,Dinçol G

更新日期：1998-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infection of the retroperitoneum after implantation of an abdomino-femoral aortic graft remains one of the main problems in vascular surgery. On basis of a critical review of own experiences we evaluated the management of this difficult clinical situation. PATIENTS:From 1970-1996 1500 aortofemoral graft oper...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Karner-Hanusch J,Staudacher M,Prager M,Kretschmer G,Polterauer P

更新日期：1998-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC), the aim of our study was to determine the prevalence and severity of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in Austrian schoolchildren, using an international standardised protocol. A questionnaire concerning symptoms and prior diagnosis of...

journal_title：Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

authors： Eder W,Gamper A,Oberfeld G,Riedler J

更新日期：1998-10-16 00:00:00