Ischemic tolerance means a rapid adaptative cerebral reaction to one or more cycles of short ischemia and reperfusion, improving the tolerance to a subsequent longer ischemia. The basic molecular mechanisms of ischemic tolerance are largely unknown. The ...

Bibliography database managers are used to manage information recourses: specifically, to maintain a database to references and create bibliographies and reference lists for written works. A good reference management program should make it easy to read ...

Rapid induction of withdrawal by opiate antagonists under anesthesia is an opiate detoxification technique. This technique is useful to reduce intensity and duration of withdrawal. Therefore, this technique represents an alternative strategy in the ...

Snoring is a marker for sleep apnea. Additionally, snoring per se is a cause of excessive vascular morbidity and an excessive risk for accidents. These health risks of snoring could be lowered by using CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure). Despite ...

Bei einer 70-jährigen Patientin wurde ein benigner paroxysmaler Lagerungsschwindel diagnostiziert. Es werden Inzidenz, Pathogenese, Diagnostik und Therapie diskutiert.

Das paroxysmale Fingerhämatom (Achenbach-Syndrom) ist ein wenig beschriebenes Krankheitsbild ungeklärter Ätiologie. Spontan oder nach geringen Traumata treten Hämatome an der Volarseite der Finger auf, welche von Schmerzen, Fingerschwellung und ...