98,328 papers found

BACKGROUND: Over the last two decades, the epidemiology, treatment strategy and mortality rate for congenital diaphragmatic hernia have changed. OBJECTIVES: To retrospectively analyze our experience with CDH of the last 22 years. METHODS: We reviewed the charts of all infants suffering from CDH between 1985 and 2007.…

BACKGROUND: A software based tool has been developed (Optem) to allow automatize the recommendations of the Canadian Multiple Sclerosis Working Group for optimizing MS treatment in order to avoid subjective interpretation. METHODS: Treatment Optimization Recommendations (TORs) were applied to our database of patients…

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was mainly to determine the midterm outcome of septal myectomy (SM) and medical therapy (MT) in mildly symptomatic patients (NYHA class II) with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). METHODS: The study cohort consisted of 184 mildly symptomatic patients with HOCM evaluate…

Within the last 5 to 10 years, health care has seen a plethora of "breakthrough" technologies--client/server computing, multitasking, multi-user operating systems, E-mail, CD-ROM data storage, the Internet, etc. Now, a newer technology is coming of age. This point-of-care technology uses radio-based systems to transmit…

An overview is given of the organisation and working procedures of the evaluation of veterinary medicines in the Netherlands. The results of the evaluation procedure of the last 5 years are discussed together with the problems that have arose for authorities and industry. An overview is also given of the problems that…

The Authors report their experience in the management of paratesticular rhabdomyosarcomas observed in the last 5 years (3 cases). Clinical and instrumental findings are analyzed; their therapeutic planes and suggestions of National Protocol RMS 88 are compared.

The paper deals with problems of screening for neoplasms in the course of follow-up. 58.6% of all tumors were detected by screening. The number of cases of advanced cancer has stayed unchanged within the last 5 years.

The surgical technique described in this article consists of performing an 0.8-mm stapedotomy at the posterior third part of the footplate using a large 6 mm square vein graft interposition and performing a vigorous inflation of the middle ear as early as the twenty-fourth postoperative hour. This technique allowed the…

We describe a dermal flap for use in protecting an especially vulnerable carotid artery from rupture after a radical neck dissection. We have used this flap successfully in 3 patients in the last 5 years.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze our experience with renal transplantation in children with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in India. DESIGN: Retrospective study. METHODS: Over the last 7.5 years, 27 renal transplants were performed on children below 12 years of age, 8 children were less than 6 years old, 19 were between 6 and 1…

An analysis of the research topics in the last twenty years made it clear that Italian research in the field of hygiene and public health has moved from the traditional fields of infectious diseases and environmental pollution to include also chronic diseases, organization and evaluation of health services, genomics in…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the changes in living donor liver transplantations (LDLTs) over the last 10 years, we analyzed our experience of performing LDLT in a single center. METHODS: We performed 73 LDLTs over the 10 years between 1997 and 2007 in Nagasaki University Hospital, Japan. RESULTS: Initially, from 1997 to 2003…

INTRODUCTION: We describe our experience with problem-based learning (PBL) in an undergraduate course in anesthesiology and recovery care. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was carried out over 5 consecutive academic years from 2000 through 2005. In total, 168 students took part. PBL was started in seminars in the first…

Pediatric statistics in a 50-year-old large hospital were analysed to find out any change in pediatric admission rate, morbidity and mortality and outcome of common disorders during the last four decades. Information was collected from four block years from each of the last four decades and compared. An increase of alm…

42 partial and 5 total duodenopancreatectomies performed during the last ten years are reported. Complications--fistula, abscess, bleeding, insufficiency--occurred in 21 cases (46.5%). In 11 patients reoperation becomes necessary (23.4%) 6 patients died (12.7%). The advantages of primary partial duodenopancreatectomy c…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation between total serum IgE at 0.5-3 and 3-6 years, and the risk of allergic sensitisation and persistent wheezing up to 8 years of age. METHODS: Prospective follow up study of 45 infants with highly recurrent wheezing, no allergic symptoms, and negative skin tests. RESULTS: In the…

On 19 March 2020, California put in place Stay-At-Home orders to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2. As a result, decreases up to 50% in traffic occurred across the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB). We report that, compared to the 19 March to 30 June period of the last 5 years, the 2020 concentrations of PMand NOshowe…

BACKGROUND: Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal presentation, with disorders of the rotator cuff (RC) regarded as the most frequent cause. Conservative treatment is often the initial management; however, findings from a previous survey showed considerable variations in clinical practice, including the use of moda…