Recenti progressi in medicina
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The author describes the frequencies and characteristics of psychopathological disorders before and after open heart surgery. In addition to cognitive and anxious-depressive mood disorders in the preoperative time, anxiety and coping are prominent. ⋯ Conditions and causes of psychopathological disorders are discussed with the aid of the literature and present results. Therapeutic possibilities are outlined.
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This paper describes a case of "Red man's syndrome" in a patient with staphylococcal sepsis. The patient was initially treated with intravenous Vancomycin and afterwards with Teicoplanin. The adverse reaction appeared immediately after the start of pharmacological treatment.