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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in staging pulmonary involvement in juvenile systemic sclerosis (JSS). METHODS: Clinical charts of 17 JSS patients (pts) were reviewed and high-resolution CT (HRCT) scans and PFTs performed at first and…

The accidental discovery of PI5P (phosphatidylinositol-5-phosphate) was published 25 years ago, when PIP5K type II (phosphoinositide-4-phosphate 5-kinase) was shown to actually be a 4-kinase that uses PI5P as a substrate to generate PI(4,5)P. Consequently, PIP5K type II was renamed to PI5P4K, or PIP4K for short, a…

This summary report for 2002 provides the detailed and updated data on all Graduate Medical Education (GME) residents and fellows in Louisiana for the last academic year. The 2002 match results and the trend in matching over the last 4 years depict the consistent successful match by Louisiana institutions. The totals a…

PURPOSE: To investigate the patterns of healthcare use (HCU) at the last year of life in persons with osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS: Using linked registers, we identified persons aged≥ 65 years who died during 2003-2014 and were resided in the Skåne region during 5-year prior to death. Among these, we rando…

IMPORTANCE: Although the prevalence of untreated dental caries among Indigenous Australian children greatly exceeds the prevalence observed among non-Indigenous children, the associations of dental caries with risk factors is considered to be the same. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the association of modifiable risk factors…

In Poland in 1999 rubella was characterized by an epidemiological stability. A total of 30 958 rubella cases (including one case of Congenital Rubella Syndrome) were registered. The incidence rate was 80.1 per 100,000 and was 28% lower than in 1998. Of all reported cases, children aged 14 and less accounted for 94.6% c…

A study of paediatric enterocystoplasty in 22 children of 1 to 14 years of age (M = 8) during 5 years is presented. The diagnoses were: neurogenic bladder 16 (73%), extrophic bladder 3, urethral valves 1, and complex uropathies 2. The intestinal segments used were: ileum 12 cases, sigmoid 8, and ileocaecal region 2 (no…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate causes and clinical management of postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS: From January 2004 to June 2009, 41 patients (44 knees) with knee pain post TKA were treated. There were 9 male and 32 female patients aging from 51 to 84 years with a mean of 63.5 years. The diagno…

OBJECTIVE: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) can be complicated by central precocious puberty (CPP) in children, which may compromise final height. We aimed to evaluate the effect of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog (GnRHa) therapy on growth in children with CAH. DESIGN: Twelve children with CAH were enrolled…

BACKGROUND: We sought to evaluate the mid-term results of a repair-oriented strategy of the aortic valve in children. METHODS: Between February 2007 and November 2011, we performed 39 aortic valve repairs in children. Median age and weight at surgery were 5.5 years (3 days-18 years) and 16.7 kg (2.7-83.5), respectivel…

A seroepidemiological survey was conducted in Singapore to assess the prevalence of antibody to human parvovirus B19. Sera were collected from 600 healthy individuals between 6 months and over 50 years of age and tested for IgG antibody against B19 virus by antigen capture indirect immunosorbent assay. The overall sero…

JUSTIFICATION: The need to revise Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) growth charts for 5- to 18-year-old Indian children and adolescents was felt as India is in nutrition transition and previous IAP charts are based on data which are over two decades old. PROCESS: The Growth Chart Committee was formed by IAP in Januar…

BACKGROUND: Spasticity following traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the most significant barriers of returning patients to their normal life. Spasticity caused by TBI does not have a specific or definitive treatment, and the clinical effect of pharmacologic treatments has not been significant. METHODS: In this sin…

OBJECTIVES: Silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) is the objective documentation of ischemia in the absence of angina or anginal symptoms. We aimed to determine the frequency of SMI before and after sheath removal (SR) following elective percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). STUDY DESIGN: Sixty-six patients (51 men, 1…

Beginning with 1954, I. Kiricuta suggested and successfully used the stopping of the orifice in the vesico-vaginal fistula by omentum. It is presented the own experience during the last 33 years on 130 surgical cases (50 surgical fistulas, 65 complex vesico-vaginal fistulas on the intense irradiated tissues, 15 fistula…

You can't teach old dogs new tricks. Teaching middle-aged dogs new tricks is hard enough. They tend to stick to particular styles of attacking the postman that over the years have proved pretty reliable, often choosing to ignore new findings, or simply failing to keep up with progress in current discussions on, say, th…

A study of 201 cases of death due to hanging, 95% being suicidal in nature and 5% being accidental; in addition there was one judicial hanging. The majority of deaths were in persons over 50 years of age, males predominating particularly in the 50- 60 age group. In contrast to the Registrar General's annual returns for…

In the surgical treatment of the hypertrophy of the prostata we use few operative methods. Some of them are older than 80 years. Mainly we use modify Harris--Hryntschak technics. Still 1889 Bassini made known operative method for onquinoscrotal hernia which has been with some modifications used up to this day. Bacause…

PURPOSE: To report the findings on sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in 30 patients with ocular adnexal (conjunctival or eyelid) melanomas. DESIGN: Prospective nonrandomized clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty patients with diagnosis of eyelid or conjunctival melanoma. METHODS: All patients with ocular adnexal mela…

Lymphangiomyomatosis is a rare disease which affects young women of childbearing age. Ten women with pulmonary lymphangiomyomatosis were treated with antiestrogen therapy from 3 to 9 years (mean time of treatment: 5.3 years). Efficacy of treatment was evaluated by clinical, radiological, pulmonary function testing resp…