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Following last compensatory epidemic of scarlet fever in 1995 number of cases decreases more slowly then after earlier epidemics. In 1998 incidence for the whole country was 41.9 per 100,000 with a range of 9.2 to 72.5 for individual voivodeships. Relations between incidence and age, gender and habitation (rural vs. ur…

OBJECTIVE: The mortality from chronic bronchitis has been increasing in Iceland during the last decades. Little is however known about the prevalence of this disease and the objective of this study was to find the prevalence of chronic bronchitis in Iceland. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this study a postal questionnaire w…

Secular trend of growth refers to any change of the corporal size in determined population group in long periods of time. The objective of this work is to study the secular tendency of growth in natural height among recruits in Blumenau, Santa Catarina State, between the years of 1963 and 2007. This is a transversal, r…

BACKGROUND: Despite important advances in the field of bariatric surgery over the last 40 years, no single operation has clearly emerged as the optimum procedure. Over the last decade, however, attention has focused on vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB). PATIENTS AND METHODS: We comp…

INTRODUCTION: Health facility-based records offer a rich source of information to understand trends and changes in malaria cases over time. This study is aimed at determining the changes in malaria occurrence over the last 28 years, from 1989 to 2016 in Dakar, Senegal. METHODS: Laboratory suspected and confirmed malar…

Acute hepatitis A is a self-limited liver inflammation caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection. The infection is transmitted by direct contact from person to person via fecal-oral routes, or through consuming contaminated food and water. This study aims to estimate the frequency of HAV infection from medical record…

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: There are certain areas of uncertainty regarding the best therapeutic approach in patients diagnosed with Wilson Disease (WD). Our aim was to assess treatment response to different therapies in a cohort of WD patients followed in a single center. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is an observational, des…

Nowadays, about the half of Swiss women die after their 84th birthday. This unprecedented proportion of the population reaching an old age, or even a very old age (25% of women die after 89 years, and 5% after 95 years) is a novel aspect of human demographics, and represents the very last stage of the epidemiological t…

OBJECTIVES: To document the frequency of self-reported use of dental services within a 2-year period by a sample of dentate Saskatchewan residents aged 18 years and older; explore the correlates associated with dental service use for men and women separately; and examine the age, gender and income distribution of denta…

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of macroscopic reproductive tract abnormalities in a sample of female cattle in the UK. To our knowledge, this type of post-mortem survey has not been conducted in the UK since the 1970s. Over the last 40 years significant changes have occurred with respect to manage…

The aim of this study was to assess the clinical and radiological outcome of the cementless-system (CLS) femoral component designed by Spotorno with a taper design. Ninety-four patients (107 hips) were operated on from January 1987 to December 1988. The female/male ratio was 2/1, the mean age was 51 years (range 20-77…

SETTING: Nationwide random sample survey for tuberculosis in 1990. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of tuberculosis infection, morbidity and drug resistance and BCG coverage, and to compare the findings with those of the previous 5 surveys. DESIGN: The following investigations were performed: tuberculin test,…

OBJECTIVE: Pancreatitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain in childhood. Advances in imaging techniques for pancreatic disease have enabled earlier clinical and etiological diagnosis, thus improving treatment possibilities. The aim of this study was to analyze the etiology, diagnostic methods, and management in patients…

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms (GERS) and dyspepsia is high. Overlapping of GERS and dyspepsia has been described to affect quality of life. However, studies are few. This long-term population-based study evaluates how GERS, dyspepsia, and overlapping symptoms, affect quality of…

Introduction The effectiveness of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) on sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia, and even acute otitis media has been proved in many studies. Nonetheless, the impact of PCV13 on otomastoiditis (OM) in children has barely been reviewed. In the past, we published a 13 years pn…

Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation is responsible for approximately 5%-7% of cases of aborted cardiac arrest. Recent studies have shown that short-coupled ventricular premature complexes are present at the onset of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation in 6.6%-17% of patients. The present review provided information on…

AIMS: The Behaviors, Therapies, TEchnologies and hypoglycemic Risk in Type 1 diabetes (BETTER) registry collects patient-reported outcomes and experiences on individuals living with type 1 diabetes in Canada. The objective of our study was to describe the management of type 1 diabetes reported by parents of children an…

: Understanding the long-term consequences of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in neonates is crucial. A lack of consensus on diagnostic and treatment thresholds has resulted in limited research in this area. Our study aims to describe the trajectory of SDB in a cohort of high-risk neonates and their respiratory and ne…

OBJECTIVES: To determine the level of control in treatment compliance in a sample of patients who were treated with acenocoumarol attended in Primary Care settings. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Cross-sectional study. Patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation treated with acenocoumarol were included. The sample size was…

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the long-term efficacy of a surgeon-tailored single-incision mini-sling procedure (SIMS) for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in terms of objective cure rates, quality of life, and cost-effectiveness. STUDY DESIGN: This retrospective study included 93 women with pure…