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M Mattei

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[The use of intravenous gamma globulins in pediatrics].

In pediatrics, intravenous Gamma Globulin therapy is extremely valuable when combined with other antimicrobial therapy or when employed on its own especially in cases of viral infection. The use of the intravenous route allows the injection of large amounts of drug, intramuscular injections, which are often counter-indicated in children, particularly in children suffering from malignant blood dyscrasias, are thus avoided. Furthermore with the intravenous route, a high blood titre of gamma globulins is achieved immediately and the treatment can be maintained as long as necessary. The tolerance to this drug, in our experience, at least with the preparation used, was found to be excellent in the vast majority of cases. These preparations ought to be widely employed in all of the serious digestive disorders and in paediatrics.

Bacterial Infections↗

The role of caerulein in the differential diagnosis of common-bile-duct stenosis.

The role of caerulein in differentiating functional narrowing of the distal common bile duct from organic stenosis was studied in 146 patients. Caerulein caused a generalized contraction of the extrahepatic biliary tract and a contraction of the sphincter of Oddi. It therefore improved opacification of the tract, particularly of the terminal portion, which is often not demonstrated by traditional techniques. The appearance of the duodenographic effect allowed for the evaluation of functional factors, which often play a role in stenosis of the sphincter of Oddi. Also, the reduction of bile-duct caliber revealed previously undetected filling defects.

Adult↗

[The value of body tomodensitometry for diagnosis in pneumology].

The authors present a preliminary work on 37 pulmonary tomodensitometry performed on 18 bronchial cancers, 7 pleuro-pulmonary metastases, 4 normal lungs and 8 various respiratory diseases. This method presents a double advantage:--first it localizes the affection in relation to pleura, mediastinum or heart; specially interesting in case of a transparietal puncture in carcinology;--secondly, densitometry enables a differentiation between dense tumoral tissue and ventilatory disorders or pleurisy; it is also useful in determining the tumoral target volume. Finally this new technique can show air cavities (emphysema, tuberculous or cancerous caverns) as well as pleurisies of small volume.

Adolescent↗