Lebanese Order
of Physicians

Current issue

Volume 56 - N°4 - October - December 2008

EDITORIAL

Why should doctors get involved in tobacco control ?
M. DAHER

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Smoking : Unknown cardiovascular risks factors
A. E. BERBARI

ARTICLES ORIGINAUX/ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Place de la colectomie subtotale ou totale dans le traitement en urgence
des cancers du côlon gauche et du sigmoïde en occlusion
C. TOHME, G. CHAKHTOURA, B. ABBOUD, R. NOUN, R. SARKIS, H. INGEA, P. FARAH, A. GHOSSAIN

Prevention of hypotension after spinal anesthesia for cesarean section :
6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 (Voluven®)
versus lactated Ringer’s solution
S. MADI-JEBARA, A. GHOSN, G. SLEILATY, F. RICHA, A. CHERFANE, F. HADDAD, A. YAZIGI, M.-C. ANTAKLY

Le cancer colorectal du sujet jeune
Présentation, caractéristiques clinicopathologiques et pronostic
C. TOHMÉ, M. LABAKI, G. HAJJ, B. ABBOUD, R. NOUN, R. SARKIS

Obstetric admissions to the intensive care unit
An eight-year review
F. RICHA, N. KARIM, P. YAZBECK

Leptine, insuline, IGF-1 et masse osseuse
chez des adolescentes sédentaires
R. EL HAGE, C. JACOB, E. MOUSSA, H. YOUSSEF, C. GROUSSARD, J.C. PINEAU, C. JAFFRÉ

MISES AU POINT/IN-DEPTH REVIEWS

Changing concepts in the management of hypertension
The role of effective and prompt blood pressure reduction
A. E. BERBARI, A. KHAYAT, N. DAOUK, M. DAOUK

EXPÉRIENCE PERSONNELLE/PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

The FISH test for the diagnosis, surveillance, and prognosis
of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
F. S. HADDAD

QUESTIONS - RÉPONSES / QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Lésions ecchymotiques et purpuriques récidivantes
Recurrent bruises and purpura
M. MERHY, N. AYOUB, R. TOMB

FORMATION MÉDICALE CONTINUE
CONTINUING EDUCATION SERIES

La formation médicale continue : Savoir, savoir-faire et savoir être
G. SALIBA

HISTOIRE DE LA MÉDECINE/HISTORY OF MEDICINE

The nawAdir [Aphorisms] of ÿuHannA ibn mAsawaÿh
F. S. HADDAD

IN MEMORIAM

Antoine Georges Feghali (1955-2008)
G. SALIBA