[Clinico-rehabilitative follow-up of a group of aphasic patients treated in the last 10 years]. / Controllo clinico-riabilitativo di un gruppo di afasici trattati negli ultimi dieci anni.

Reference is made to a clinical and rehabilitative overview of 362 aphasic subjects, namely 221 males (61.05%) and 141 females (38.95%), treated over the last ten years. Of these, 36 males and 23 females (16.29%) had died. Only 19.8% were in a worse condition at follow-up, whereas the condition of the remainder was good and fair in 42% and 38.2% respectively. 79,6% lived with their families following rehabilitation. Where admission to an institution had taken place, this was always the result of socioeconomic conditions rather than clinical and functional problems. Medical management was nearly always a continuing necessity, and nearly all patients were taking drugs. The results are evaluated according to a double criterion with regard to communicative recovery.

[L-carnitine chloride and potassium chloride in the treatment of a case of non-traumatic rhabdomyolysis without myoglobinuria caused by the ingestion of liquorice]. / L. carnetina cloruro e KCl nel trattamento di un caso di rabdomiolisi atraumatica senza mioglobinuria da ingestione di liquerizia.

The case is described of a 56 year old patient admitted to hospital with rhabdomyolysis without myoglobinuria and caused by hypokalaemia following the ingestion of liquorice. The patient was treated with L. Carnitine chloride and KCl.

Indoprofen in the treatment of osteoarthrosis. A controlled trial in comparison with ibuprofen.

A controlled research has been carried out in 39 patients with osteoarthrosis in order to evaluate the efficacy of Indoprofen, a new analgesic-antiinflammatory compound. This product, a phenylpropionic acid derivative, was given by mouth at the dose of 600 mg daily for 7 days. For comparison a treatment with 900 mg daily of Ibuprofen for the same length of time was given to patients according to a double-blind cross-over experimental design. Significant decrease in overall pain intensity was observed together with significant improvement in motility. Indoprofen at the daily dose of 600 mg was comparable in efficacy with 900 mg of Ibuprofen in the relief of pain related to osteoarthrosis. Toleration of the drugs was very good.