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Due to their geographical mobility and long periods of separation from intimate partners, migrant workers are at increased risk for a variety of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV/AIDS. This study sought to investigate patterns in HIV/AIDS related knowledge, attitudes and sexual behaviour in migrant w…

During the years 1970-1977, 234 pregnant diabetics were treated in Oslo. A regimen of close metabolic and obstetric control was used. The total perinatal mortality was 4.3%, and 3.1% in 160 patients followed from before week 28. In 74% of patients mean blood glucose (determined 4 times daily) during the last 5-6 weeks…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the mid-term effecitveness of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) treated by surgical hip dislocation. METHODS: Between April 2014 and August 2015, 15 patients (16 hips) with FAI were enrolled in the study and treated with surgical hip dislocation. There were 12 males and 3 females with an average…

Of 91 limb-salvage procedures using prosthetic reconstructions because of primary or metastatic bone and soft-tissue tumors 26 revisions were performed in 16 patients. Revision was due to polyethylene wear (9 cases), aseptic loosening (8 cases), recurrent hip dislocation (3 cases), prosthetic stem fracture (2 cases), i…

During the Last Glacial Maximum, ice sheets covered large areas in northern latitudes and global temperatures were significantly lower than today. But few direct estimates exist of the volume of the ice sheets, or the timing and rates of change during their advance and retreat. Here we analyse four distinct sediment fa…

OBJECTIVES: Worldwide, nursing homes are increasingly becoming a place for the last phase of life, with residents often being hospitalised near death. This might have changed by implementing end-of-life care structures more widely over years. Therefore, we aimed to systematically investigate trends in end-of-life hospi…

Our study aimed to describe safety and neurological impact of alemtuzumab as last-line rescue therapy in aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, previously treated by Mitoxantrone (MITOX). Between June 2004 and October 2013, 13 patients received alemtuzumab at 20 mg/day and 3 at 12 mg/day for 5 days. EDSS, relapse…

Surface (0-5 cm) and subsurface (-5 to 15 cm) soils from burned forest areas in South of France were analyzed to determine contents of 14 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their distribution profile. The sampling procedure allowed us to study the effect of the frequency of fire as well as the influen…

Glomerular diseases are an important cause of chronic renal failure in developing countries. The spectrum of diseases causing nephrotic syndrome is changing globally in the last few decades. The aim of this prospective study was to look at this spectrum at a tertiary care center in North India and to analyze the changi…

BACKGROUND: Between 1990 and 1996, more than 110,000 cases and 2900 deaths from diphtheria were reported in the Russian Federation. In 1994, because disease rates were high among children aged 7-10 years, the age of administration of the second booster dose of diphtheria vaccine was lowered from 9 years to 6 years, the…

This study analyzes the effective patent life of antiretroviral (ARV) new molecular entities (NMEs) approved for marketing in the United States (US) between 1987 and 2007. The study includes all NMEs approved during the study period with at least one patent listed in the Orange Book (OB). Drugs discontinued from the ma…

For a five-year period, 131 bipolar patients were followed every 6 months; for the next 5 years, they were followed yearly. Each patient was interviewed in a systematic way that gave information about episodes, hospitalizations, cycle lengths and the presence of alcoholism. Women and men were not significantly differen…

Aims Mental health conditions are increasingly encountered in general practice. The aim of this study was to review the antidepressant prescribing of this practice. Methods Health One analysis was used to search for patients prescribed antidepressants in the last 6 months and to generate a list of their antidepressant…

Among patients hospitalized in 1983-1992 were 416 (239 women) who were immobilized for at least 2 hours due to stroke, orthopedic surgery, or sepsis. 128 (30.8%) had pressure ulcers (PU); 100 (31.2%) had diabetes (DM), including 12 with IDDM and 118 with NIDDM; age (mean +/- SD) was 74.3 +/- 9.5 years. Those with IDDM…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of ISOBAR TTL dynamic stabilization with pars bone grafting for the treatment of lumbar spondylolysis. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was made the clinical data of 26 patients with lumbar spondylolysis who received ISOBAR TTL dynamic stabilization with pars bone grafting bet…

PURPOSE: The presence of women in urology has gradually increased in the last 35 years with an accelerated rate in the last decade. We evaluated manuscript authorship trends by gender. Manuscript authorship is a metric that has been used as a marker of academic productivity. We hypothesized that the number of first and…

PURPOSE: With the increased use of genetic testing for arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C), this disease is being increasingly recognised among elderly patients. However, elderly ARVD/C patients were underrepresented in prior cohorts. We aimed to describe the phenotypical characteristics…

AIM: Transanal irrigation (TAI) has been reported to be a cheap and effective treatment for the 'anterior resection syndrome (ARS)'. This study aimed to evaluate its effect on the quality of life (QOL) of patients suffering from ARS. METHOD: In a prospective study involving two colorectal centres, 14 patients (11 male…

To estimate the long-term persistence of anti-HAV antibodies, 120 (schedule 0-6) and 194 (schedule 0-12) adults were vaccinated and followed-up annually for 6 years. Shortly after the last dose, anti-HAV levels fell sharply (annual decline rate delta > 65%). Thereafter, delta diminished to 10-15%. GMTs 5.5 years after…