98,317 papers found

BACKGROUND: Biliary atresia is a progressive biliary injury which occurs only in infants. AIMS: To review the experience of patients surviving into adulthood without the need for liver transplantation in childhood. METHODS: A multicentre review of patients with biliary atresia treated surgically who survived into adu…

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Annual fecal immunochemical tests (FITs) are often repeated within the recommended colonoscopy surveillance intervals. However, it remains unclear whether interval FITs are useful. To answer this question, we assessed the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) according to the interval from the last colonosco…

AIMS: We studied time trends in seasonal influenza vaccination and assessed associations with socioeconomic and health-related determinants in Switzerland (overall and people aged ≥65 years). METHODS: We used data from the Swiss Health Surveys of 2007 and 2012. We calculated the proportion of the population (overal…

In the past few years, genetically modified (GM) crops aimed at producing food/feed that became part of the regular agriculture in many areas of the world. However, we are uncertain whether GM food and feed can exert potential adverse effects on humans or animals. Of importance, the reproductive toxicology of GM crops…

We studied on the prognosis-related factors on 17 cases of Japanese encephalitis experienced during the last ten years and compared the clinical features with those in previous reports, especially when the disease was prevalent. The patients, ranging from 33 to 91 years old, consisted of 7 men and 10 women. All of them…

Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital cardiopulmonary anomaly with marked anatomical and clinical heterogeneity, and long-term outcome data remain limited. We reviewed our single-center experience over a 33-year period. Patients evaluated between 1992 and 2025 were retrospectively analyzed. A total of 104 patients wer…

OBJECTIVE: The authors aimed to determine whether differences exist in presentation and natural history when comparing Asian patients with moyamoya disease (MMD) to those of other ethnicities in North America. METHODS: A database of 137 patients with MMD presenting to their institution between 1994 and 2015 was review…

INTRODUCTION: Surgery is the standard of care for pulmonary carcinoid tumors; however, options for inoperable patients are few. We report the outcomes of inoperable pulmonary carcinoid patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). PATIENTS AND METHODS: From an institutional database, we retrospectively…

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the security and effectiveness of fixing the unstable region of sagittal injured unit symmetrically with pedicle screws combined with bone graft fusion for treating thoracolumbar fractures. METHODS: A series of 65 patients with a single level thoracolumbar fracture between November 2011 and Novem…

INTRODUCTION: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding (AUGIB) is a common and life-threatening condition. This study aimed to compare the causes and long-term outcomes of AUGIB over two distinct periods in the last 15 years. METHODS: This population-based study included consecutive patients who underwent emergency upper…

PURPOSE: To determine the current prevalence and trends of pseudophakia in a well-defined U.S. population, calculating values for Olmsted County, Minnesota, from 1988 through 2018. SETTING: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study. METHODS: Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP) databas…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the long-term clinical results and survivorship of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in patients younger than 60 years of age. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred and six cases of medial UKA with a minimum follow-up of 10 years were selected for this study. There were 80 patients and the pre…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate mammography rates and indications (diagnosis or screening) among women from 35 to 50 of age, and to search the main factors associated to mammographic screening. DESIGN AND SETTING: The data were collected from 6409 women through a specific questionnaire completed by a n…

To understand the incidence of HIV infection, high risk behaviors and pre-exposure prophylaxis/post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP) utilization in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing.Sample size was estimated to be 1 227 persons and 207 person year respectively in the survey and the cohort by using Epi Info 7.0…

ISSUE ADDRESSED: Rivers are a leading location for fatal drowning worldwide, often geographically isolated from timely medical assistance. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) benefits drowning victims and those who suffer cardiac arrests. This study explored CPR and first-aid training of river users in Australia. METH…

BACKGROUND: Over the last 30 years, there has been little improvement in the age of diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) (mean age of 4.5-4.11 years). AIM: To review the diagnostic process for DMD in boys without a family history in order to identify where delays occur and suggest areas for imp…

This article summarises mid-2007 cohabitation estimates produced for England and Wales and compares these with estimates made for previous years. Over the last fifteen years there has been a rise in the number of cohabiting adults in England and Wales. Previous estimates indicate that there were 2.7 million cohabiting…

INTRODUCTION: There is limited literature on the representation of women in leading roles in neuroanesthesiology and neurocritical care academia. We aimed to determine the representation of women as first and corresponding authors in articles published in 3 dedicated journals of neuroanesthesiology and neurocritical ca…

BACKGROUND: Acute appendicitis (AA) is a medical emergency. The standard of care for AA had been surgical appendectomy. Recently, non-operative management (NOM) has been considered, mainly for uncomplicated AA. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate AA NOM trends over two decades. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study…

BACKGROUND: Suicide is a global health crisis. However, no objective biomarkers of suicide risk currently exist, and self-reported data can be unreliable, which limits prediction, diagnostic, and treatment efforts. Reliable biomarkers that can differentiate between diagnostic subgroups, predict worsening symptoms, or s…