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Empirical evidence over the past 20 years has documented that key aspects of personality traits change during adulthood. However, it is essentially an open question whether and how traits change at the very end of life and what role health, cognitive performance, perceived control, and social factors play in those chan…

Trends in new case-detection are analysed by reviewing the demographic and leprosy epidemiological data and current indicators in Subarnapur district, Orissa State and India. Population-specific new case-detection rates were calculated for analysis. The trend of skin-smear positive cases over a period of 10 years was r…

The present study retrospectively analyses all the necropsies (5, 112) performed in the two departments of pathology of a large Romanian town (Cluj-Napoca) during a ten-year interval (1983-1992) in order to estimate the prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). To evaluate the time trends of the association of HCC…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the percentage of women who have had a Pap smear in the last 5 years, and the place where it was carried out. To detect cytological abnormalities and precursors of cervical cancer in un-screened or inadequately screened women and the prevalence of HPV-positive determinations. DESIGN: Cross sec…

Interpretation of tuberculin reactions in revaccinated children is somewhat controversial among paediatricians. In this study, the effect of the number of BCG vaccines on tuberculin reactivity is evaluated. In 2810 healthy children aged 7 to 14 years with purified protein derivative (PPD) testing. Children were grouped…

Bordetella pertussis infection is a highly contagious respiratory disease that can cause complications such as pneumonia and death. A total of 62,646 cases of pertussis worldwide were reported by WHO in 2022. This study aimed to obtain the pertussis seroprevalence and sociodemographic data in children aged 1-14 years a…

BACKGROUND: Coinfection with human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is associated with shorter survival for adults and children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), although the reasons remain a matter of debate. We evaluated the factors associated with survival time in a large cohort of HIV/HTLV…

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the long term results of joint preserving surgery with hamstring release and dorsal capsulotomy for the treatment of therapy resistant knee flexion contracture in patients with severe haemophilia. METHODS: 16 patients having undergone hamstring release and dorsal cap…

Globally 8.4% of children under 5 years old have a neurodisability. The important factors contributing to this are infection and inflammation, nutrition and quality of care especially during pregnancy and in the first 2 years of life. In an attempt to reduce neurodisability arising from these factors, WHO launched the…

Airborne fungi have been surveyed every week during the 10 years from 1983 to 1992 in Sagamihara. This is a follow up of a 1970 and a 1980 survey at the same sampling station (19.5 m above the ground), using the same gravity potato dextrose agar plate. There were two peak seasons during tsuyu (rainy season; June) and a…

The Authors report 16 cases of gastrointestinal fistulas which have been observed during the last 5 years in the Emergency Surgery Division of Milan's Fatebenefratelli Hospital. We have considered only the cases of fistulas between two hollow abdominal organs and which have occurred spontaneously, following local patho…

PURPOSE: To identify sociodemographic factors associated with being uninsured among young adults in a state sample (Massachusetts) and to examine the independent association of insurance status with the young adult's reporting no health maintenance visit (check-up) in the past 2 years or reporting an inability to affor…

During the last 3 years plasma exchanges were undertaken in 5 patients with acute Guillain Barré syndrome (G.B.S.). All the patients were admitted in the intensive respiratory care unit and had received six plasma exchange procedures over two weeks (each procedure consists of 2-3 L exchange). The first patient imp…

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: To provide clinical and survival results of a consecutive series of primary total hip arthroplasties (THA) performed with the Zweymüller grit-blasted titanium total hip prostheses of the 2 last designs (Hg and Alloclassic-SL), and to compare the 10-year survivorship with those of other prosth…

The authors report 100 cases with prolonged spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and survival beyond 4 years old. There were 46 boys and 54 girls. 23 of them had histories with an autosomal recessive form of inheritance. One case had a dominant form. The unity of cases described as Werdnig Hoffman disease [SMA I, SMA II (Chil…

The incidence of birth injury in full term neonates during the last 5 years at Port Royal Maternity Hospital has been determined. Cerebral symptoms were classified in three grades; mild, moderate and severe. The study was concerned with gestational and obstetric causes of cerebral damage. Babies with malformations, met…

51 patients suffering from chronic spastic bronchitis were treated with acupuncture over a period of three years. The patient group consisted of 15 men and 36 women varying in age from 19 to 75 years, with an average age of 45.7 years. The therapy program consisted of 2 or 3 months of acupuncture treatment in alternati…

PURPOSE: Outcomes following unilobar surgeries for refractory epilepsy have been well described. However, little is known about long-term seizure outcomes following multilobar resections. The aim of the current study was to identify long-term seizure control and predictors of seizure recurrence in this patient populati…

BACKGROUND This study describes the use of closed reduction percutaneous intramedullary fixation with Kirschner wires in 4 children with displaced metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction (MDJ) fractures of the distal humerus. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between August 2016 and August 2019, 4 patients (3 boys and 1 girl), whose mean a…

In the first half of the 20th century, improved living conditions, preventive measures, vaccines and antibiotics led to a marked reduction in morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases. It was predicted that the conquest of all infectious diseases was imminent. However, 50 years later, in 1999, they were still th…