National Scientific Medical Meeting 1996 Abstracts

The document contains abstracts from a 1996 scientific medical meeting, which include a range of medical studies and findings. One study with 26 patients found that oral flecainide could convert acute onset atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in 65% of cases. Another study with 91 patients showed that nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy improved sleep quality and alertness for patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and their bed-partners. Various other studies are summarized, including the cost of methadone prescriptions, differences in serum cholinesterase activity between Irish and Iranian subjects, changes in hospital drug prescribing, the role of nitric oxide in reactive hyperaemia, the impact of a home-based infusion therapy service for HIV patients, the effects of alcohol on psychomotor performance, and the introduction of a new parameter for heart rate variability. Additional research covered topics such as homocysteine levels in the elderly, patient satisfaction with Perinatal Day Care services, predictive value of follicle-stimulating hormone in IVF, red cell transfusion in gynecological surgery, and obstetric complications in schizophrenia and mania. Lastly, findings included the role of p53 in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, the involvement of Epstein-Barr virus in transplant arteriopathy, genetic linkage of hereditary conditions, and epidemiology of lymphoma.