Lege Artis Medicinae - 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[Longissima via]

NAGY Zsuzsa

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[Drug treatment possibilities in chronic liver diseases]

HAGYMÁSI Krisztina, LENGYEL Gabriella, FEHÉR János

[Alcoholic and drug induced liver diseases, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, hepatitis C and B chronic hepatitis, autoimmune diseases (primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, autoimmune hepatitis) and metabolic disorders (hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease) are the main chronic liver diseases. Authors summarize, based on the latest literature data, the medications of chronic liver diseases, emphasizing the treatment of the everyday practice. Natural and synthetic antioxidants are... tovább »

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[QT dispersion - the surface ECG marker of arrhythmic risk]

KUN Csaba, CZURIGA István, LŐRINCZ István

[During the past decade numerous publications have reported the pathophysiological and clinical value of QT dispersion. Increased QT dispersion was observed to be associated with proarrhythmic drug effects, prediction of mortality in heart failure and risk assessment after acute myocardial infarction. Based on the results of the repolarization process research and other significant clinical studies, the meaning and the usefulness of QT dispersion seems to be challenged. The original concept of... tovább »

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[The effect of angiotensin receptor antagonists in diabetic nephropathy]

BÍBOK György

[Influencing the renin-angiotensin system through receptor blockade has become a new therapeutic approach toward the treatment of several morbidities, i.e. hypertension, cardiac failure and diabetic nephropathy. The current paper reviews the importance of diabetic nephropathy, the physiology of the renin-angiotensin system and specific effects of receptor blockade on different organs based on 3 new studies (published last year) using angiotensin-II receptor blockers. The paper gives a summary... tovább »

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[SCIENTIFIC DIGEST]

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[Nobel Prize for Medicine 2002]

SZENDE Béla

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[Oral clodronate for the prevention and therapy of bone metastasis of breast cancer]

NAGYKÁLNAI Tamás

[1600 mg/d oral clodronate has been shown to reduce the incidence of skeletal complications significantly in advanced breast cancer cases with lytic bone metastases. Analysis of clinical trials revealed that the adjuvant, prophylactic administration of clodronate possibly decreases the number of non-skeletal metastases and might prolong survival.]

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[Cytological and genetic background of senescence]

LÁSZLÓ Valéria, FALUS ANDRÁS

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[Reference price system as a potential method for pharmaceutical cost containment]

KALÓ Zoltán, VINCZE Zoltán, LOVAS Kornélia, BODROGI József

[Reference pricing is one of the potential cost containment methods for pharmaceuticals. Authors describe its main types and the international examples of reference pricing together with technical details of its introduction. Consequences of the system are grouped into 5 categories: pharmaceutical expenditure, other health care expenditure, medical implications, consequences on patients and their health status, and political effects. They propose that reference pricing should be introduced only... tovább »

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[”I am responsible for my health but irresponsible for my illness”]

SZÁNTÓ Zsuzsa, SUSÁNSZKY Éva, RÓZSA Sándor

[INTRODUCTION - The aim of our study was to examine lay beliefs about illness causation of age groups with similar health status. METHODS - In 1997, research was conducted among the adult population of Budapest (N=720), in order to examine their health status and illness explanations. Based on self-rated health, ages of the 40s and the 60s were considered as the age-thresholds of significant decline in health status. Thus, the study concentrated on the three age groups of people: under 40,... tovább »

HUN 2002;12(09)

Lege Artis Medicinae

SEPTEMBER 20, 2002

[How Drug Advertisements Perceive the World]

NÉMETH Éva

HUN 2002;12(09)