Do leukocyte differentials predict short-term clinical outcome following antipsychotic treatment in schizophrenia?
Future research should further test the hypothesis that a relative granulocytosis and lymphopenia reflect genetic loading for the pathophysiologic determinants of positive symptoms. Future research also should determine the etiologic significance of organ nonspecific autoimmunity in predominantly negative symptom schizophrenia.
This study failed to demonstrate a decrease in postoperative VAS scores at eight hours and later postoperatively when 20 ml of ropivacaine 0.5% were injected intra-articularly after day-case knee arthroscopy performed under spinal anaesthesia. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the need for postoperative pain medication between the study groups.