98,318 papers found

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify emergency department (ED) heart rate (HR) values that identify children at elevated risk of ED revisit with admission. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients 0 to 18 years old discharged from a tertiary-care pediatric ED from January 2013 to Dece…

Pneumonia, an acute lower respiratory infection, is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide. In this study, we aimed to assess the treatment practices of parents/caregivers for the management of pneumonia in children under 5 years of age in a rural community of West Bengal and to determine th…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of percutaneous screwdriver rod-assisted closed reduction in the treatment of valgus-impacted femoral neck fractures. METHODS: Between January 2021 and May 2022, 12 patients with the valgus-impacted femoral neck fractures were treated with percutaneous screwdriv…

Only few centers have reported their observations on patients with very long-term kidney graft survival of more than 25 years. Eighty-six subjects were identified in our center with graft survival of >25 years. Donor age was 31.3 ± 18.5 years. Mean duration of transplantation was 30.3&#xa0…

Adipose tissue is specialized cells that produce and release adipokines. Exercise may modulate adipokine production in adipocytes. The aim of this longitudinal study was to evaluate the acute and chronic effects of strength training (ST) on plasma levels of adiponectin, leptin, and resistin. Twelve untrained young male…

IMPORTANCE: Cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death among adolescents and young adults (AYAs), but little is known about the care that AYA patients with cancer receive at the end of life (EOL). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the intensity of EOL care among AYA patients with cancer. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPA…

INTRODUCTION: Various socio demographic factors play role in sterilization operation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A record-based study was conducted in Jetalpur, rural area of Ahmedabad District. Records of all sterilization operation done between April 2010 to March 2011 were studied. RESULTS: A total of 180 sterilizatio…

Since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), studies have been conflicting regarding weight information among patients with HIV. We performed a retrospective study among male patients with HIV between June 2004 and June 2005 at two large U.S. Navy HIV clinics to describe the prevalence and factors…

OBJECTIVES: To compare outcomes in patients on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) treated within 48 hours of last preoperative dose with those with surgical delays >48 hours. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Three academic Level 1 trauma centers. PATIENT SELECTION CRITERIA: Patients 65 years of age or ol…

Antimicrobial resistance against shigellosis is increasingly alarming. However, evidence-based knowledge gaps regarding the changing trends of shigellosis in Bangladesh exist due to the scarcity of longitudinal data on antimicrobial resistance. Our study evaluated the last 20 years antimicrobial resistance patterns aga…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the diagnostic Read code usage for 18 conditions by examining their frequency and diversity in UK primary care between 2000 and 2013. DESIGN: Population-based cohort study SETTING: 684 UK general practices contributing data to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD. PARTICIPANTS: Pat…

OBJECTIVE: We explored damage occurrence in patients with childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) and aimed to predict the risk of organ damage occurrence in time. METHODS: The retrospective study included patients treated for cSLE at the Centre of Reference for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology of the Republic Croatia over a…

PURPOSE: Late-onset Perthes' disease is diagnosed after 9 years of age. Conservative treatment and conventional surgical techniques have limited ability to reduce the pressure in the joint or change the shape of the femoral head. We used a combination of soft tissue release and joint distraction with a hinged mono-late…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of arthroscopic Pushlock anchor fixation with iliac creast bone autograft in the treatment of recurrent anterior shoulder instability with critical bone defect. METHODS: The clinical data of 80 patients with recurrent anterior shoulder instability with critical bone defect trea…

PURPOSE: We analyzed the long-term postoperative outcome and possible predictive factors of the outcome in surgically treated patients with refractory extratemporal epilepsy. METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 73 patients who had undergone resective surgery at the Epilepsy Center Brno between 1995 and 2010 and who h…

Studies of carbon isotopes and cadmium in bottom-dwelling foraminifera from ocean sediment cores have advanced our knowledge of ocean chemical distributions during the late Pleistocene. Last Glacial Maximum data are consistent with a persistent high-SigmaCO2 state for eastern Pacific deep water. Both tracers indicate t…

At the end of 1985 there were 5482 patients known to the Registry who started renal replacement therapy (RRT) between the ages of 6 months and 15 years. Of these, approximately 25% had died, 30% were still aged less than 15 years, and the other 45% were older. The acceptance rate of new patients over the last 10 years…

PURPOSE: To study the situation for the follow eye visual field defect of patients with severe visual field loss in 1 eye from chronic glaucoma,and to analyze the relative risk factors for visual field defect in such eyes. METHODS: The visual field defect scores of fellow eyes were calculated in 47 cases [primary chro…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify changing trends in peripartum hysterectomy (PH) in a single large obstetric population over the last 40 years. STUDY DESIGN: A retrospective cohort study was performed from 1966-2005 of patients who had PH in any of the 3 Dublin obstetric hospitals. Cases were ident…

INTRODUCTION: End-of-life care differs by serious illness diagnosis. Cancer and dementia are serious illnesses that have been associated with less intensive end-of-life health care use. It is not known how health care utilization varies in the presence of >1 serious illness. METHODS: We used the Rochester Epidemiology…