Wiener klinische Wochenschrift
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · May 2010
Review[Thirtieth anniversary of world health organization's world wide smallpox eradication].
This year in May, the World Health Assembly will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of world wide Smallpox eradication. For this reason we report on this program's vertices.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · May 2010
Hospitalizations due to poisonings in Slovenia--epidemiological aspects.
Poisonings continue to be an important public health problem. Here we review the incidence and trend of poisoning by medicaments, drugs and biological substances in Slovenia during a five-year period, 2001-2005. We also investigate the etiological and demographic characteristics of poisoning cases in the Slovenian population, based on acute-poisoning admissions to hospitals in Slovenia. ⋯ Poisoning is an important health problem. A multidisciplinary approach is required so that preventive measures may be increased for all groups at risk.
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In Austria activities against smallpox started with variolation, the artificial infection with the smallpox virus, which bore the risk of contracting the disease. In 1800, Lower Austria was the first country in continental Europe to implement Edward Jenner's invention of vaccination with cowpox for mass vaccination. In the beginning vaccination was practised by inoculation from one human being to another. In this paper development of smallpox vaccination from the beginning to it's cessation in 1981 is described.
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Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. · May 2010
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyPreoperative synbiotic bowel conditioning for elective colorectal surgery.
Preoperative bowel cleaning for elective colorectal surgery is a routine procedure. Synbiotics (probiotics plus prebiotics) are known for their beneficial effects on gut immune function and maintenance of the gut barrier. The main purpose of this study was to replace preoperative mechanical bowel cleaning with synbiotics and to assess the systemic inflammatory response and clinical outcome in patients undergoing colorectal surgery. ⋯ Preoperative administration of prebiotics in elective colorectal surgery appears to have the same protective effect in preventing a postoperative inflammatory response as mechanical bowel cleaning. Further prospective studies are needed to verify the effects of synbiotics.