Recommendations by the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy, the Spanish Society of Oncology Nursing and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology for the safe management of antineoplastic medication in cancer patients.

AIM: To define recommendations that permit safe management of antineoplastic medication, minimise medication errors and improve the safety of cancer patients undergoing treatment. METHODS: By reviewing the literature and consulting the websites of various health organisations and agencies, an expert committee from the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy and the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology defined a set of safe practices covering all stages of providing cancer therapy to patients. The Spanish Society of Oncology Nursing revised and endorsed the final list. RESULTS: In total, 68 recommendations arranged in five sections were defined. They include issues concerning the training of health professionals, the technological resources needed, treatment planning, informing the patient and his/her family, the processes of prescribing, preparing, dispensing and administering cancer therapy (orally, parenterally or intrathecally), assessing patient adherence and treatment toxicity. CONCLUSIONS: It is essential for healthcare establishments to implement specific measures designed to prevent medication errors, in order to ensure the safety of cancer patients treated with antineoplastic medication.

[Ultrasonography imaging of the torsion knot in spermatic cord torsion]. / Imagen ecográfica del nudo de torsión en la torsión de cordón espermático.

Presentation of the finding of the echographic image of a torsion knot as a pathognomonic sign of spermatic cord torsion. Discussion of this finding as well as aspects related to imaging diagnosis of cord's torsion.

[Carcinoma of Bellini's ducts: apropos of a case]. / Carcinoma de ductos de Bellini: A propósito de un caso.

OBJECTIVE: To report an additional case of collecting duct carcinoma of the kidney, known as carcinoma of Bellini. METHODS/RESULTS: A 65-year-old male patient was admitted for left renal pain. An ultrasound scan showed a solid right renal mass. The patient underwent extended radical nephrectomy. Pathological analysis of the surgical specimen disclosed carcinoma of Bellini. The patient is asymptomatic 18 months postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS: Carcinoma of Bellini is an uncommon tumor type arising from the collecting duct cells and accounts for 0.5%-2% of all renal tumors.

[Treatment of ureteral lithiasis with lithoclast: analysis of our experience]. / Tratamiento de la litiasis ureteral con lithoclast: análisis de nuestra experiencia.

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the role and the results achieved with the Lithoclast in the treatment of distal ureteral calculi in the era of ESWL. METHODS: From March, 1994 to April, 1995, 41 patients with ureteral calculi were treated by ureteroscopy and direct stone fragmentation with the Lithoclast. RESULTS: 90% of the patients were stone-free one month after treatment; 3 patients in whom stone fragmentation could not be achieved required ESWL; one patient required open surgery for ureteral detachment. CONCLUSIONS: Ureteroscopy and stone fragmentation with the Lithoclast is a good, inexpensive mode of treatment of ureteral stones and is particularly indicated as the first mode of treatment in those centers, like ours, where ESWL is unavailable.

[Multifocal renal carcinoma]. / Multifocalidad del carcinoma renal.

OBJECTIVES: To analyze the incidence of multifocality in renal carcinoma. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted to determine the incidence of multifocality in renal carcinoma. We analyzed 50 surgical specimens from patients with renal carcinoma who had undergone radical nephrectomy at our institution between September, 1992 and December, 1994. RESULTS: 9 of the 50 specimens (18%) had more than one lesion in the same kidney. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of multifocality in renal carcinoma has been reported to range from 6% to 30%, which implies that if conservative surgery is performed, the likelihood of tumor recurrence is not negligible. We believe therefore that radical surgery must be performed, except in those cases where conservative surgery is mandatory (solitary kidney, bilateral tumors).

Posible interacción exemestano con clopidogrel / Possible interaction between exemestane and clopidogrel

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Miocardiopatía subaguda y anfotericina B liposomal / Subacute cardiomyopathy and liposomal amphotericin B

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