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A cross sectional survey of 3321 school going children (5-15 years) using modified ISAAC questionnaire in Jaipur city showed 7.59% children to have asthma (in last 12 months) and 8.4% wheezing in last 12 months. Only 5.3% children had physician diagnosed asthma ever suggesting under diagnoses.

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…

We have evaluated putative predictors of the progression in diabetic nephropathy during long-term antihypertensive treatment. Twenty hypertensive insulin-dependent diabetic patients with nephropathy were followed for three (2 to 5) years before, and for three years during antihypertensive treatment with metoprolol and…

PURPOSE: In order to prepare long-term alternatives to surgical residency training and workforce policies in Korea, objective data are needed; in addition, determination of the status of surgical procedures being performed is also needed. METHODS: Cases of surgeries performed by board-certified Korean surgeons for 1 y…

Human amniotic fluid cells (H-AFC) have been used as a diagnostic tool for the prenatal diagnosis of fetal genetic anomalies for more than 50 years.In the early 1990s small nucleated cells, which were identified as he-matopoietic progenitors, were detected in the amniotic fluid. After this evidence several other scient…

Between 1984 and December 1990 balloon valvuloplasty for valvular pulmonary stenosis was planned and performed in 92 children over 6 months of age (range 0.8-17.9 years). Valvuloplasty decreased the invasively determined peak systolic gradient from 61 +/- 34 (mean +/- SD) to 27 +/- 20 mmHg (P < 0.0001). At follow-up ca…

Abdominal packing and planned reoperation is a lifesaving technique for temporary control of haemorrhage in severely injured patients. Morbidity and mortality, however, remain significant. The purpose of this study is to evaluate all surgical technique and our results during 31 years of trauma surgery. In the last 12 y…

PURPOSE: Near the end of life, drugs to ensure comfort and improve quality of life should be prioritized, and unnecessary drugs should be avoided. The aim was to assess the evolution and quality of drug therapy throughout the last 3&#xa0;months of life of older adults in need of palliative care. METHODS: A single-cent…

A series of 189 consecutive posterior cruciate condylar total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) in 151 patients was reviewed. Of these, 18 patients died (22 knees), and two patients (three knees) were lost to follow-up study, leaving 164 knees in 131 patients for evaluation at 5.3 +/- 0.8 years (mean +/- SD). Before surgery 9…

Data were retrospectively analysed on 544 consecutive patients (362 females and 182 males, mean age 53.6 [2 weeks and 86 years]) who had been operated on for primary hyperparathyroidism between 1965 and 1989. During this period the rate of renal, bone and intestinal complications decreased from 90% in the first 5 years…

The magnitude of atmospheric cooling during the Last Glacial Maximum and the timing of the transition into the current interglacial period remain poorly constrained in tropical regions, partly because of a lack of suitable climate records. Glacial moraines provide a method of reconstructing past temperatures, but they…

OBJECTIVES: To document prevalence rates for selected aspects of sexual behaviour among Cape Town high-school students and to conduct a survival analysis of age at first intercourse. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: State high schools in Cape Town. SUBJECTS: A multistage cluster sample of 2,740 grade 8 and 1…

OBJECTIVE: As continuity of care in our institution allows longterm followup studies, we reviewed the files of all consecutive patients with juvenile chronic (idiopathic) arthritis (JCA) followed since 1970 to establish the frequency of remission. METHODS: Charts of all patients with JCA were reviewed. Relevant variab…

INTRODUCTION AND METHODS: This article summarizes the general characteristics of heart transplantation in Spain and the results achieved, once data for 2005 have been included. RESULTS: In the course of the last year, 287 heart transplantations were performed, which brings the total to 4967 since 1984. Clinically, the…

OBJECTIVES: Hearing loss is highly prevalent among Inuit children in Canada. Hearing screening at kindergarten age has been carried out in Nunavik by trained Inuit technicians since 1986. In this study, we determined what percentage of children fail their initial hearing screening at age 5-6 years and compared this ini…

In this prospective study, we present the short-term clinical results of a novel endoscopic surgical technique for patients suffering from chronic painful mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy. Eight consecutive patients (seven men and one woman, mean age 52 years) diagnosed with chronic painful mid-portion Achilles tendin…

OBJECTIVES: Research activities are promoted at the government and the institutional levels in Oman. However, the quantity and quality of research conducted in various institutes of Oman has not been measured. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the quantity and quality of biomedical publications emanating f…

Context. Little is known about the number and types of moves made in the last year of life to obtain healthcare and end-of-life support, with older adults more vulnerable to care setting transition issues. Research Objective. Compare care setting transitions across older (65+ years) and younger individuals. Design. Sec…

OBJECTIVES: International studies may not reflect the real changes of stone disease in our own country. In this retrospective work, we describe the evolution of this pathology in Tunisia during the last 12 years. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The records of 133 children with urolithiasis treated in Tunisia between 1994 and 2…

We evaluated whether the results of diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing combined with time since last vaccine dose could be used to monitor the effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccines. In 258 consecutive nasopharyngeal swabs from children and adolescents with typical pertussis symptoms, 80 were pos…