Biomedical subjects

A Laconi

Publications and source records attributed to A Laconi.

17 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1992

[The general practitioner and clinical records: a survey of the knowledge of users of a software package].

The FATMA project--subproject 6, Line of Research 2--aims at implementing a new computerized information network for general practitioners using the same kind of software and homogeneously located throughout Italy. Thus, patients' case form data can be collected for public health purposes. After a study of literature in order to check whether other countries had implemented similar projects and what they consisted of, a survey based on a computerized questionnaire was carried out on a group of g.p.s. who had already received a software for the management of their clinical and professional activities from Janssen Informedica. This survey aimed at judging some aspects of users in order to select potential monitors of the information network who would test a new software. The analysis regards both g.p.s' social and professional data and the use of a computer package with reference to the quality and quantity of the clinical data they input. 2,010 questionnaires were filled in all their parts and mailed back to Informedica. It came out that g.p.s. believe more and more they can improve the organization and management of their work by using a software equipped with routines and easy access procedures so that clinical data, diagnostic reports and treatment can be collected, placed on files and updated. Thus, a new software should be developed. While meeting g.p.s' needs, it must overcome the limits of packages now available concerning the possibility of carrying out epidemiological studies. The software can become a tool to collect clinical data of patients, diseases and diagnostic procedures through standard protocols directly from g.p.s records.

Adult↗

PubMed1979

[Histoenzymatic changes and dosimetric studies of some organs and areas, using diagnostic radioisotopes. Critical review of a 10-year experiment].

Ten years experience of dosimetry and study of the histochemical changes brought on by internal irradiation are reviewed. The research is broken down into three stages: 1) identification of enzymatic damage in small laboratory animals; 2) study of the dose really absorbed at various points of critical organs of large animals, 3) the collection of histoenzymatic data resulting from research on large animals treated internally with isotopes commonly used in diagnosis.

Acetylglucosaminidase↗

PubMed1977

[Radiological picture Turner's syndrome].

A review of the relevant literature is followed by presentation of the radiological picture, particularly that of the skeleton, in 8 patients with the clinical and endocrinological features and the chromosome pattern of Turner's syndrome. An indication is given of the weight to be attached to the main and lesser radiological signs, especially in cases where the absence of somatic features and detectable hypogonadism impede early diagnosis.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1976

[Radiothermolumiscent dosimetry in plesioroentgenotherapy].

The employment of thermoluminescence dosimeters in the evaluation of X-rays emitted by a plesiotherapy apparatus was investigated. It was found that lithium fluoride microdosimeters gave good linearity of response in function of the energy involved. This response was also repeatable as required.

Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation↗

PubMed1976

[Possibilities of metabolic endoradiotherapy with P32 in the prevention of osseous metastases from breast neoplasms. Note II].

To reach a definitive conclusion on the value of using 32P in the prophylaxis of bone metastases in association with surgical and traditional radiotherapeutic treatment, observations should be extended to a much greater number of cases. This notwithstanding, the results obtained justify this methodology based on continuous sustained, internal irradiation which would seem to make possible a diminution in the frequency of bone metastases in the early years of a delay in their onset.

Female↗

PubMed1976

[Metabolic endoradiotherapy with P32 in skeletal metastases from breast neoplasms. Note I].

22 patients suffering from breast neoplasia with particularly painful bone metastasis were treated with radiophosphorus. Only occasionally was an evident recalcification condition encountered and survival, although exceptional in some cases, did not deviate from normal. On the basis, also, of clinical and experimental observations reported in the literature, it is held that the use of 32P in metabolic radiotherapy of bone metastases is worthwhile and is justified because of the encouraging successes obtained, especially in pain remission.

Adult↗

PubMed1975

[Radioisotope methods and technics in obstetrical and gynecological diagnosis].

Certain applications of radioisotopes to obstetric and gynaecological diagnosis are illustrated. Radioisotopes have been widely employed since the improvement in instrumental methods and the availability of short-life radioisotopes has removed the basic limitation which once prevented their use during the entire fecund period of the woman owing to the risk of radiation damage to the reproductive system. Particular attention is paid to the advances made in placental localization, in the study of thyroid and renal function in pregnancy, in the study of the diffusion of female genital tumours and relapses, and in early diagnosis of tumours of the uterus and ovaries. Dosimetric problems arising when using diagnostic techniques with radioisotopes in obstetrics and gynaecology are analysed.

Adult↗

PubMed1975