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H F Overdiek

Publications and source records attributed to H F Overdiek.

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PubMed1980

[Aspiration accidents in dental practice].

Lack of symptoms does not necessarily mean that a small foreign body has been swallowed. Symptoms may not be present after aspiration of a foreign body which lodges in the bronchial tract. In any case, the event must be clarified roentgenologically. The patient should be removed from the practice. Ominous symptoms, on the other hand, indicate that a large foreign body has lodged in the trachea or behind the larynx. The patient should be immediately escorded to the hospital in a sitting position. The administration of a sedative is indicated in some cases.

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PubMed1980

[Differential diagnostic and therapeutic measures after aspiration of foreign bodies].

While aspiration is extremely rare, it must be considered as a possibility. Its prompt consideration is already half of the diagnosis, and the patient is protected from avoidable complications. The patient should be admitted to a hospital or department where routine bronchoscopic examinations are carried out and where personnel and equipment are available for immediate foreign body extraction.

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PubMed1979

[Intensive drug therapy of the marginal periodontium].

Two composite pastes composed of iodoformglycerin-tween 80 and tribromphenol-bismuth-glycerin were examined using the results of microbiologic studies. Because of their broad antimicrobial spectrum and their easy application, both pastes are suitable for primary control of bacteria in periodontal pockets, particularly when the complete picture of an inflammation is present. The application period for the therapeutic use of corticosteroids should be limited. In addition to freedom from pain, initially slight tissue damage may worsen considerably with prolonged use of these pastes.

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PubMed1979

[Persistency and resistance of streptococci isolated from periodontal pockets].

Intradermal injection of cell walls or cell wall constituents (Peptidoglycane) of Streptococcus sanguis II in experimental animals caused a similarly severe inflammatory reaction as with Streptococcus A. The three "viridans" species of streptococci proved to be resistant to complement (active serum) as well as to lysozyme and were superior to Streptococcus A in their capacity for resistance to another type of muralytic enzyme isolated from Streptomyces albus. The new acylureido penicillins (Mezlocillin, Azlocillin) had an almost equally inhibitory effect on the growth of the various species of bacteria. The "viridans" and beta-haemolytic types of streptococci which induce a chemotactic reaction in vitro were about equally rapidly and effectively killed in the phagocytes (granulocytes, monocytes) isolated from a patient.

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