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PURPOSE: To analyze the results of intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction by diode laser contact cyclophotocoagulation ("cyclodiode") in cases of advanced glaucoma refractory to alternative treatments. METHODS: Two hundred and ten eyes of 195 patients, ages 1 to 89 years (mean, 51 years) were followed for 3 to 30 months…

Chloroquine prophylaxis for malaria was available free of charge to pregnant women in Saradidi, Kenya. The drug was supplied by village health helpers (VHH's). However, only 29.1% of 357 pregnant women seen in antenatal clinics from 1983 to 1984 were on chemoprophylaxis. One hundred and seven pregnant women not using a…

OBJECTIVE: Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) remains a known complication of primary palatoplasty. We sought to identify factors associated with the incidence of VPI and create a predictive model for VPI development in our population. DESIGN: A single-institution, retrospective review. SETTING: Multidisciplinary cli…

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of vitamin D deficiency and the changes of vitamin D level among children with epilepsy on antiepileptic drugs. METHODS: The levels of serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D were measured at the start of antiepileptic drugs and at 6- to 12-month intervals in chil…

Idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (ISCLS) presents with recurrent potentially life-threatening episodes of hypovolemic shock associated with severe hemoconcentration and hypoproteinemia. Timely recognition is of paramount importance because ISCLS, despite resembling other kinds of hypovolemic shock, requires…

During the period 1964--1978 700 renal transplants were given to 602 patients. Eight patients had a history of tumour before transplantation. After transplantation six cases with a de novo tumour were found. The treatment of the pretransplant tumours was completed on average 3 years before transplantation. The average…

The biology of the T cell cytokines Interleukin (IL-)17 and IL-22 has been a main focus in the field of clinical immunology in the last decade. This intensive interest in both cytokines has resulted in almost 5,000 scientific publications (www.pubmed.com) dealing with the molecular structure, extra- and intracellular s…

Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a global health emergency. This deadly disease has far-reaching social and economic implications. Diseased individuals need prolonged polypharmacy which is not without ill effects. Treatment compliance is often compromised contributing to rising resistance. HIV co-in…

Herniation of an emphysematous bulla is extremely rare. A 55-year-old male patient presented with complains of shortness of breath and cough for the last 10 years which had exacerbated in the last two days. The patient was a diagnosed case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Chest x-ray showed bilateral hyperinfl…

Developmentalists have argued that young children have a confused notion of the metalinguistic concept word and that they cannot focus on single word boundaries when words occur in normal syntactic/semantic frames. We challenge these assumptions and present a new technique which engages normal syntactic-semantic proces…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the short-term effectiveness of unilateral biportal endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (UBE-TLIF) in the treatment of Meyerding degree Ⅰ or Ⅱ single-segment lumbar spondylolisthesis. METHODS: The clinical data of 26 patients with Meyerding degree Ⅰ or &#x21…

For patients with diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot syndrome customized orthopedic shoes represent the most effective treatment to avoid foot ulceration and amputation. A total of 53 patients suffering from diabetes and treated with customized orthopedic shoes for more than 5 years were included in the study. Of the…

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Overweight and obesity result in a substantial economic burden in both low- and high-income countries. Moreover, this burden is often underestimated because it only partially accounts for unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses (OOPE) related to obesity. The objective of our study was not only to eva…

The aim of the study was to establish transcutaneous oxygen tension (tcPO(2)), carbon dioxide tension (tcPCO(2)), and oxygen saturation (tcSO(2)) values and to investigate the intra- and interindividual variation in these values in healthy children and adolescents. Forty-one healthy children/adolescents (21 girls; mean…

We report a severe scalding case with an affected skin area of 30-40% of the body surface. The patient suffered from severe itching and pain in the hypertrophic scar parts even 1.5 years after the accident. Treatment with acoustic wave therapy almost daily during the first treatment cycle was able to significantly redu…

Over the last 5 years, at the Eye Department in Bremen, 13 eyes with persistent hypotony have been treated by a refixation of the detached ciliary body, the so-called 'direct cyclopexy'. Ten eyes became hypotonous because of a traumatic cyclodialysis and 3 eyes as a result of an antiglaucomatous cyclodialysis surgery.…

BACKGROUND: It is currently unclear whether (and when) physical function exhibits a terminal decline phase, that is, a substantial acceleration of decline in the very last years before death. METHODS: 702 deceased adults aged 70 years and older from the Yale PEP Study provided 4 133 measurements of physical function (…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Nepal has made progress with the control of HIV infection in recent years. There have been changes in epidemiology, programme interventions in different population groups, and changes in policies over the last 10 years, particularly in diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, this review was condu…

OBJECTIVE: In this article we describe the association of bisphosphonate therapy on survival within a regional cohort of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who received steroid therapy and were managed in a single center. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The records of all patients with confirmed DMD who were born b…

We sought to determine the continued benefit and the pattern of motor complications of long-term levodopa treatment in Parkinson's disease. Patients were evaluated between 1968 and 1996. Only those who had an adequate levodopa trial and in whom autopsy revealed Lewy body Parkinson's disease were included. Total levodop…