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The use of antiasthmatic drugs in Iceland has increased considerably during the last 15 years. The aim of this study was to assess in a well-defined epidemiological population the characteristics of those using antiasthmatic drugs; age, gender, speciality of prescribing doctor, dosage and combinations of drugs. Also th…

On the basis of 70 re-operations in 55 patients (34 women, 21 men, median age 58 [43-83] years) suffering from primary hyperparathyroidism the reasons for failure of the first operations were analysed. The main reasons were inadequate exploration of the neck (failure to identify all four glands), failure to recognize m…

Portion sizes of foods have been noticably increasing in recent years, but when did this trend begin? If art imitates life and if food portions have been generally increasing with time, we might expect this trend to be reflected in paintings that depict food. Perhaps the most commonly painted meal has been that of Jesu…

INTRODUCTION: Persons with Parkinson disease (PD) are hospitalized at higher rates, have longer lengths of stay, and are more likely to die in the hospital than age-matched peers. Although prior studies have compared inpatient outcomes between persons with and without PD, little is known about inpatient outcomes across…

BACKGROUND: Diabetes in children is undergoing a profound change in terms of frequency and age at onset worldwide. Algeria is particularly impacted by the epidemic to the point of appearing in the "top 10" 2016 of countries with very high incidence of T1D. Our study was aimed to present the epidemiological evolution of…

BACKGROUND: Data on the evolution of exercise capacity in adults with repaired coarctation of the aorta (CoA) are scarce. We aimed to investigate the evolution and change of measures of exercise capacity obtained by cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in adults with repaired CoA. METHODS: Patients 16 years…

BACKGROUND: There is anecdotal evidence of changes in pediatric regional anesthesia (RA) practice. We performed a retrospective review of prospective data on pediatric RA over 17 years in our institution. METHODS: Data were collected from an electronic database for every anesthetic performed between 1989 and 2005. Typ…

In children with asymptomatic proteinuria, a high proportion of low molecular weight (LMW) proteins is an indicator of tubular malfunction. In a routine screening program covering the last 15 years and involving 280,000 children, aged between 3 and 19 years, we have identified 5 boys with LMW proteinuria. In 4 of these…

BACKGROUND: Premarital sex increases the risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections including HIV if unprotected and contraception is not used. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess premarital sex in the last twelve months and its predictors among regular undergraduate students of Wolleg…

Within the drainage area of the Central Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs at Bad Berka/ GDR 337 persons (210 male, 127 female) with alveolitis and pulmonary fibrosis were observed during a period of 17 years (1963-1979). The average-age of the patient was 43.5 (11-70) years. The mean duration of the illness was…

PURPOSE: To describe hospital bed utilization in the final 6 months of life in patients dying of cancer in Ontario, Canada. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Hospital separation records were linked to a population-based cancer registry to identify factors associated with hospitalization in the 203,713 patients who died of cancer…

Peatlands are significant carbon (C) stores, playing a key role in nature-based climate change mitigation. While the effectiveness of non-forested peatlands as C reservoirs is increasingly recognized, the C sequestration function of forested peatlands remains poorly documented, despite their widespread distribution. He…

: A systematic review of the research conducted on Cooperative Learning in Physical Education in the last 5 years (2014-2019).: Seven databases were used to select those articles that included information on the implementation of Cooperative Learning in the different educational stages. After the exclusion criteria, 15…

Organic photovoltaic devices are on the verge of commercialization with power conversion efficiencies exceeding 10 % in laboratory cells and above 8.5 % in modules. However, one of the main limitations hindering their mass scale production is the debatable inferior stability of organic photovoltaic devices in…

BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of epidemiological data on biopsy-proven glomerulonephritis (GN) in Poland. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiology of renal diseases based on histological diagnosis in the region of Central Poland over the last two decades. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of the results of…

This study investigated the efficacy and tolerability of potassium bromide in 113 patients (aged, 1-20 years) with severe epilepsy and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Potassium bromide was started at 45 mg/kg and raised to 70 mg/kg (median). Steady-state blood level was reached after a median of 28 days (range, 5-95…

A total of 3306 isolates of A. pleuropneumoniae originating from lung tissues of pigs that died of acute pleuropneumonia and 140 isolates recovered from tonsils or nasal cavities of apparently healthy pigs from chronically infected herds were serotyped. Various serotyping methods, such as slide agglutination, tube aggl…

Over the last few years there has been a renewal of interest in retrograde administration of cardioplegic solutions but this method has not been validated by a large scale clinical trial. From 1980 to 1989 our group used retrograde coronary sinus perfusion as the only means of administering cardioplegia in 500 consecut…

Walker states that the incidence of brain death accounts for approximately 1% of all deaths, so that brain death is a common state. According to Jennett et al, the occurrence of brain death is now a relatively frequent event, with about 4000 cases each year in Britain. But the actual circumstances of brain death can no…

INTRODUCTION: Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is associated with significant morbidity. However, patients' specific health needs have not been well defined. This study analyses the utilisation of hospital resources by MIBC patients in the 12 months before death, informing healthcare modelling and enabli…