Is there an overprescription of proton pump inhibitors in oncohematologic patients undergoing ambulatory oncospecific treatment?

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) prescription, and the level of adequacy of the indication of these drugs in oncohematologic patients under ambulatory oncoespecific treatment.Method: An observational descriptive study in oncohematologic patients under ambulatory oncoespecific treatment.

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On short cracks that depart from elastoplastic notch tips

The behavior of short cracks that depart from elastoplastic notch tips is modeled to estimate the stresses required to initiate and to propagate cracks in notched structural components, and to evaluate the size of tolerable crack-like defects under general loading conditions.This analysis can model both fatigue and environmentally assisted cracking

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