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UNLABELLED: The aim of our study was to evaluate the digressions of lymphocyte subsets in patients with recurrent upper airway infectious diseases. METHODS: We studied 35 patients (mean of age 11.1+/-2.1 years) with recurrent upper airway infections. The first group consisted of patients, who had acute upper airway in…

We determined the importance and dissemination of enzymatic mechanisms of aminoglycoside resistance in 239 gentamicin-resistant strains of Gram-negative bacilli isolated in Slovakia during the past decade. Over the past 5 years, the resistance to tobramycin has risen by 1.1% to netilmicin by 27.4%, to amikacin by 78.3%…

Reduced peripheral sensitivity to insulin-stimulated glucose disposal, insulin resistance, is considered to be central in the metabolic cardiovascular syndrome. The hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic glucose clamp technique was introduced by DeFronzo in 1979 and is regarded as the reference method for quantifying insulin re…

A retrospective study of the epidemiological pattern of abdominal tuberculosis in Ibadan, Nigeria during the 30-year period 1960-1989 has been completed. Among 881 cases seen (355 men and 526 women), children under 10 years represented 10.5% of cases but 78% of all cases were under 40 years. Women accounted for 64% of…

Aortic wrapping is a controversial repair in patients presenting with acute type A aortic dissection or intramural haematoma, but this method may be a potential alternative to medical treatment or conventional repair in patients aged >80 years and in those presenting with prohibitive co-morbidities such as strok…

The aim of this study was to analyze age-specific incidence rates (IRs) of cerebral thromboembolic attacks (CTA) among women and men 15-44 years of age in Denmark from 1980 through 1993 and to quantify possible influences from oral contraceptives (OC) on the incidence figures. The discharge diagnoses ICD 432-436 from a…

A 71-year-old man was referred to our hospital under a diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The past history of the patient included a sigmoid colectomy at 64 years old for an ischemic colitis. The maximum diameter of AAA was still 45 mm, and the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) was aneurysmal and was 3…

In pharmacoeconomic research sponsored by companies, there is an obvious tension between the desire to undertake studies to show a marketing advantage and the desire to adhere to good scientific principles. This tension was explored in an early issue of PharmacoEconomics and is now revisited 5 years on. Bias is still p…

Between 1984 and 1989, 419 patients with subcapital fracture were treated, 170 with a head conserving method, 57 with a total endoprosthesis (THR), and 242 with a hemiprosthesis. In the last group the average age was 80.1 (range 55-98) years. At follow up an average of 2.5 years after surgery 63.3% had died. Most of th…

A continuous record of oxygen-18 (delta(18)O) variations in the continental hydrosphere during the middle-to-late Pleistocene has been obtained from a uranium-series dated calcitic vein in the southern Great Basin. The vein was deposited from ground water that moved through Devils Hole-an open fault zone at Ash Meadows…

In Japan, cancer has become the leading cause of deaths since 1981. Of all sites of cancer, lung cancer, which is presently the second most common cancer in males and the fourth most common cancer in females, has increased markedly over the last 35 years. The reason for the marked increase of lung cancer in Japan is no…

Alcohol is the favoured intoxicant of European man and his descendants overseas. As such, its dangers are generally glossed over. The "disease model" of the last forty years owes much of its popularity to the implication that there is something psychologically or biochemically abnormal about those who become "alcoholic…

Of 18 cases of embryonic carcinoma seen over the last 13 years, 10 were classified as inferior to stage III and were treated without glandular curettage: 5 by combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy, 3 by chemotherapy alone and 2 by radiotherapy alone. All patients have survived beyond 2 years (2 to 11 years). The attit…

Prevalence of subclinical Ehrlichia canis infection in a Mississippi kennel was 53%. Most of the dogs probably had been infected for 4 or 5 years. The subclinical phase of the infection was characterized by high antibody titers to E canis (9 of 10 dogs with titers of 1:5, 120), hyperglobulinemia (9 of 10 dogs), thrombo…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectivity and safety of posterior osteotomy for thoracolumbar stress fracture in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) through the gap of a pathological fracture. METHODS: Between April 2012 and August 2015, 8 patients with AS combined with thoracolumbar stress fracture were treated with posterior o…

The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in Kambin triangle approach for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs).Between November 2017 and September 2018, 109 patients (144 vertebral bodies) with OVCFs, with a mean age of 76.7&#x200…

OBJECTIVES: Screening rates for cervical cancer remain moderate among women over 50 years of age. Because cervical and breast screening interventions can be linked, evaluating screening factors relating to both is important. This study evaluates factors associated with breast and cervical screening participation i…

BACKGROUND: Aim of this prospective study was to evaluate mid-term clinical and radiographic outcomes in total hip arthroplasty using an acetabular cup made of an innovative biomaterial, Trabecular Titanium™, whose highly porous structure and mechanical properties have been designed to mimic those of the natural…

A review of the presentation, management and outcome in all children presenting with non-traumatic paraplegia managed by the paediatric neurology team at the University College Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria from June 1989 to May 2004 is presented. Of the 110 patients, there were 54 males and 56 females giving a M:F ratio of…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical presentation and outcomes of chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) in pediatric patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ten girls and four boys were followed up between 1993 and 1999 for CRMO diagnosed on the basis of radiographic bone lesions with, at the same sites, increased…