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BACKGROUND: Common diseases, particularly dementia, have large social costs for the U.S. population. However, less is known about the end-of-life costs of specific diseases and the associated financial risk for individual households. OBJECTIVE: To examine social costs and financial risks faced by Medicare beneficiarie…

PURPOSE: To describe a paediatric cohort surgically treated for primary or secondary glaucoma (PG/SG), with regard to incidences, visual outcome and control of intraocular pressure (IOP). METHODS: All children (n = 29, 42 eyes in total) surgically treated for PG or SG at the age of 4 years or younger between January 2…

In the last 10 years 28 adenocarcinomas of the endocervix developing in women up to the age of 50, have been encountered at our clinic. Of these women, 23 (82%) had taken oral contraceptives, in most instances continuously for up to 19 years, and for a median of 10 years. During the same period of time, 12 adenocarcino…

In cancer studies, net survival (observed if cancer was the only cause of death) is a useful indicator but survival estimation at 5 years is insufficient for planning healthcare needs. We estimated the net survivals at 5 and 10 years in a cohort of 387,961 patients who had solid tumors between 1989 and 2004 and were fo…

The authors examined 984 human sera for leptospirosis with the serovars from 15 serogroups serologically in 15 localities of El Salvador. In 17.5% of the sera the following reactions were found with serovars of 13 serogroups: Australis 6.8%, Pomona 5.5%, Grippotyphosa 3.2%, Icterohaemorrhagiae and Tarassovi each 2.1%,…

Since the postulation of an "antiproliferative factor" in 1998 and a description, six years later, of this putative central protein in the etiologic pathway of the painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis, there have been no dramatic breakthroughs in the field. Although much potentially exciting work is in progre…

Data are presented showing phage types and antibiotic-resistant patterns of Staphylococcus aureus over the last 20 years. The spontaneous emergence of different phage types associated with increases and decreases in antibiotic resistance has been shown to be cyclic in nature with prevalence for 5 to 8 years, followed b…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic outcome of artificial total hip arthroplasty (THA) with collum femoris preserving for hip joint disease in young and middle-aged patients. METHODS: From March 2002 to March 2005, 26 cases (31 hips) of hip joint disease were treated with artificial THA with collum femoris preservi…

The characteristic pattern of fusion of distal tibial epiphysis explains the special configuration of the fragments in the triplane fracture and the "juvenile" fracture of Tillaux in adolescents. The application of external rotation force produces Tillaux and triplane fractures of the lateral portion of the distal tibi…

OBJECTIVES: Smoking of cigarettes or bidis (small, locally manufactured smoked tobacco) in India has likely changed over the last decade. We sought to document trends in smoking prevalence among Indians aged 15-69 years between 1998 and 2015. DESIGN: Comparison of 3 nationally representative surveys representin…

The authors review their experience of 14 children with syringomyelia and associated Chiari I malformation observed during the last 21 years. Initial symptoms were motor weakness (57%), sensory signs (50%), scoliosis (50%) and bladder dysfunction (21.5%), while signs of admission were pyramidal signs (78.5%) with motor…

PURPOSE: Assessment of visual outcome of pediatric eyes that underwent cataract extraction with primary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation at a single center. METHODS: A retrospective review of charts of 510 consecutive pediatric patients that underwent cataract extraction was performed. Exclusion criteria were traum…

Cerebellar astrocytoma accounted for 10% of all brain tumours treated at the Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Academy in Cracow in the years 1946 to 1968. It accounted for 16.6% of all gliomas, and 57% of subtentorial gliomas. Table I shows the distribution of the tumour according to age groups. The male:female sex…

OBJECTIVES: 1. To compare the ultrasound biparietal diameter and crown-rump length of fetuses with and without Down's syndrome in the first half of pregnancy; 2. To investigate the effect of estimation of gestational age using either measure on the detection rate of serum screening for Down's syndrome. DESIGN: Matched…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of full correction vs undercorrection on the magnitude of the myopic shift and postoperative visual acuity after unilateral intraocular lens (IOL) implantation in children. DESIGN: Retrospective case control study. METHODS: The medical records of 24 children who underwent unilateral ca…

Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are a super-family of nonselective cation channels that play critical roles in the responses to various environmental changes and stimuli. Over the past 10 years much progress has been made in the structural studies of TRP channels. To date, the structures of 5 full-length TR…

Complications arising over a 6-year interval after 116 single-level anterior corpectomy/fusions (ACF) using iliac crest autograft and dynamic ABC plates were sequentially evaluated. Patients averaged 45 years of age (52 females and 64 males). Preoperative magnetic resonance and computed tomography studies documented ad…

Previous epidemiologic studies of hypertension in renal transplant patients have produced contradictory results. Therefore, the incidence and clinical setting of chronic hypertension were examined in 201 stable renal transplant patients using a multivariate approach. Hypertension was present in 52.7% of patients at one…

OBJECTIVE: Intrathecal (IT) opioid pumps are one therapeutic cornerstone of refractory nonmalignant pain syndromes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of and surgical and pharmacological complications of IT pumps beyond a time span of 10 years. METHODS: In this retrospective single-center cohort s…